Hi everyone, this one will be a bit of a long post, hope you bear with me.
I have never been a brush guy. I simply don't care enough for them. I do appreciate their beauty, there are brushes that are nothing short of works of art, many of them I have seen on this very forum (Hello @TroyTools), but I just can't see to get too interested on them. Straight razors are my poison of choice.
All this being said, a few years ago I met personally a guy, who doesn't do this for a living, but is extremely talented and has imagination to spare, both for his own designs and for custom orders. I actually shared a few of his brushes some time ago on this forum. I always knew that when the time would come for me to commission a brush, he'd be the guy.
I must say, I got inspired by a brush that @Gargravarr shared here with us, and by his story, I am talking about the brush that resembles the bottom of the sea.
It got me thinking about one of the natural beauties of my country of birth, Romania. In the Carpatians, on a plateau 2000 odd meters high, there's a natural rock formation, called The Sphynx of Bucegi (Bucegi being the name of the mountains in that area). The name is pretty self explanatory once you see the pictures:
This brush fulfills a double purpose. I wanted to pay homage to my Dad, he passed away 11 years ago, and during the time we grew up in Romania, he'd take us as much as we could to the mountains he so much loved. The other purpose is to share some of the beauties we have in Romania; even though I am far from being a proud, flag-waving chest-beater, I could care less actually about all that, I do appreciate and try to share with others our culture, our beauties, our cuisine... the things that makes us, well, us.
I want to thank my dear friend Mikel Leon for the time, the patience and the love he has put into this brush.
I bring you "The Sphynx":
I have never been a brush guy. I simply don't care enough for them. I do appreciate their beauty, there are brushes that are nothing short of works of art, many of them I have seen on this very forum (Hello @TroyTools), but I just can't see to get too interested on them. Straight razors are my poison of choice.
All this being said, a few years ago I met personally a guy, who doesn't do this for a living, but is extremely talented and has imagination to spare, both for his own designs and for custom orders. I actually shared a few of his brushes some time ago on this forum. I always knew that when the time would come for me to commission a brush, he'd be the guy.
I must say, I got inspired by a brush that @Gargravarr shared here with us, and by his story, I am talking about the brush that resembles the bottom of the sea.
It got me thinking about one of the natural beauties of my country of birth, Romania. In the Carpatians, on a plateau 2000 odd meters high, there's a natural rock formation, called The Sphynx of Bucegi (Bucegi being the name of the mountains in that area). The name is pretty self explanatory once you see the pictures:
This brush fulfills a double purpose. I wanted to pay homage to my Dad, he passed away 11 years ago, and during the time we grew up in Romania, he'd take us as much as we could to the mountains he so much loved. The other purpose is to share some of the beauties we have in Romania; even though I am far from being a proud, flag-waving chest-beater, I could care less actually about all that, I do appreciate and try to share with others our culture, our beauties, our cuisine... the things that makes us, well, us.
I want to thank my dear friend Mikel Leon for the time, the patience and the love he has put into this brush.
I bring you "The Sphynx":
A real original, he's done you proud. 
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