Yum looks like a creamy chocolate Chuppa Chip!
I must say, those Mancurians look a lot like TGN finest. Whether they feel the same is another thing, but for my money in 'higher grade' badger, I don't think you can buy better than TGN. Simpsons will always be inherently expensive, even before they've put a knot in any of them.
I've been comparing the Simmo to a $20 Frank Shaving 'Manchurian' badger brush I picked up off eBay. The quality of hair and knot density is not equivalent, but the characteristics are. Similar soft tips, same strength of individual hair, same colouring and banding. I'm not suggesting that the grade is equivalent either, but it probably came off the same breed of Chinese badger. One was $20. One was $200.
Didn't I have one of those that people would not buy? Did I end up giving it to me son?
That's not what I heard. A little birdie told me he chose that one over an NOS Simpson 56.
But anyhow I too was pretty amazed at how little interest those handles of yours got. They were all pissers as far as I was concerned. Some absolute classics in there. Most of them in the buy one get one free section too.
Can someone please define "pisser" for me in wet shaving parlance? I have my understanding of the word, and it doesn't seem applicable to brushes...
A brush used only for ARKO!!!!Can someone please define "pisser" for me in wet shaving parlance? I have my understanding of the word, and it doesn't seem applicable to brushes...