I've got to get something off my chest.
I've bought a STF brush in 2020 I liked it so much that I decided to buy just the knot to make my own brush. Two years later (2022) I bought two knots (there were two options with no description to the differences). Just looking at them, they seemed different. Shaving, I would say, had a small difference (slightly less backbone on the newer one). Unfortunately I never had both brushes in the same place to do a direct comparison.
The newer version has the whiter top part, like @apshaveco mentioned, but the 2020 version does not.
The brush I bought in 2020 was this:
And the 2022 looks more like the 3rd image by apshaveco or the 2 brushes on the left in the official Muhle website:
Does anyone else noticed a difference in recent years? I only have minimal experience with brushes from this brand with only two buys.
I already mentioned this before, but I feel that Muhle is one of those companies that tweaks their products and doesn't tell the consumer. Case in point the Rocca. It was the community that labeled the versions (if I'm not mistaken) and demanded a better product, for that matter.
Meaning that I have serious doubts when we talk about the v2 in STFv2.
Maybe @Rudy Vey can help me shade some light on my doubts, has he has seen this knot more than the majority of people (I'm guessing).
I've bought a STF brush in 2020 I liked it so much that I decided to buy just the knot to make my own brush. Two years later (2022) I bought two knots (there were two options with no description to the differences). Just looking at them, they seemed different. Shaving, I would say, had a small difference (slightly less backbone on the newer one). Unfortunately I never had both brushes in the same place to do a direct comparison.
The newer version has the whiter top part, like @apshaveco mentioned, but the 2020 version does not.
The brush I bought in 2020 was this:
And the 2022 looks more like the 3rd image by apshaveco or the 2 brushes on the left in the official Muhle website:
Does anyone else noticed a difference in recent years? I only have minimal experience with brushes from this brand with only two buys.
I already mentioned this before, but I feel that Muhle is one of those companies that tweaks their products and doesn't tell the consumer. Case in point the Rocca. It was the community that labeled the versions (if I'm not mistaken) and demanded a better product, for that matter.
Meaning that I have serious doubts when we talk about the v2 in STFv2.
Maybe @Rudy Vey can help me shade some light on my doubts, has he has seen this knot more than the majority of people (I'm guessing).