So I received these two beautiful brushes made by Rudy Vey for me, and the knots are from Shavemac.
left: D01 2 band - Fan - 28/56 mm - Red Corral - Chubby Handle
right: D01 3 band - Bulb - 28/54 mm - Briar - Chubby Handle
First of I have to say that working with Rudy was beyond anything I had imagined, he is very knowledgeable , patient! (I ask a lot of questions and he is an encyclopedia on brushes), communicative and the knots are pretty amazing.
I tried them today (half face each) and these were my findings (note that I love dense brushes that have great backbone)
The 2 band is super dense, not scritchy at all and has a very good backbone but a great scrub. I'd say it's probably up-par if not more dense/backbone than my B7 Declaration I received about 2 months ago. Reminds me of the Chubby 3 Manchurian/Chubby 2 Band Silvertip from Simpson which I have and probably a little bit denser than both. It lathered soap quite nicely with great flow. I am very impressed by this knot and I am glad I ordered it in fan as I think in bulb it probably would have been slightly scritchy (thanks to Rudy & people here who recommended getting it in fan)
The 3 band has a great backbone/density and soft tips, reminds me of my Chubby 3 Super but better backbone on this one. Great at lathering soap and great flow. If you like more backbone, definitely go with the 2Band.
The handles are both Chubby style which I love (since 28mm , like a Chubby 2 from Simpson)
Overall they are great brushes/knots and I couldn't be any happier.
left: D01 2 band - Fan - 28/56 mm - Red Corral - Chubby Handle
right: D01 3 band - Bulb - 28/54 mm - Briar - Chubby Handle
First of I have to say that working with Rudy was beyond anything I had imagined, he is very knowledgeable , patient! (I ask a lot of questions and he is an encyclopedia on brushes), communicative and the knots are pretty amazing.
I tried them today (half face each) and these were my findings (note that I love dense brushes that have great backbone)
The 2 band is super dense, not scritchy at all and has a very good backbone but a great scrub. I'd say it's probably up-par if not more dense/backbone than my B7 Declaration I received about 2 months ago. Reminds me of the Chubby 3 Manchurian/Chubby 2 Band Silvertip from Simpson which I have and probably a little bit denser than both. It lathered soap quite nicely with great flow. I am very impressed by this knot and I am glad I ordered it in fan as I think in bulb it probably would have been slightly scritchy (thanks to Rudy & people here who recommended getting it in fan)
The 3 band has a great backbone/density and soft tips, reminds me of my Chubby 3 Super but better backbone on this one. Great at lathering soap and great flow. If you like more backbone, definitely go with the 2Band.
The handles are both Chubby style which I love (since 28mm , like a Chubby 2 from Simpson)
Overall they are great brushes/knots and I couldn't be any happier.
