Well, the excitement of my 28mm brush didn't even get a chance to wear off before my 24mm arrived.
These two make the perfect pair. Other than both being beautiful natural wood handles and very soft, there isn't much they share.
The story behind the 24mm is this. I PM'ed Bullseye to get an idea of how much it would cost to make me a handle for a Golden Nib knot. He responded with an offer to make the brush custom with whatever knot I wanted seated and ready to use for a very reasonable price, and I took him up on it. I had already ordered the 28mm, but I'd been warned that it was huge (I don't listen well... it's absurdly huge, but I wub my ridiculous brush), so I figured that a 24mm (the top side of "typical" size as I was told) would be a very good choice for a mate.
I really didn't have too many specifics for what I wanted. I told Mark that it needed to reach the bottom of my ~3.75" deep scuttle without me having to stick my fingers inside it to lather, that I wanted it to stand on end, and that I wanted it in natural wood. And I decided on the 24mm Finest knot. He asked me a few questions. Where I gripped my brush, a general idea of what sort of shape I wanted, if I wanted some extra backbone from a pinch on the knot by the handle, and as he was finishing it up if I'd like a little weight in there to make it feel a bit more substantial. These last two questions that I hadn't even considered worked out fantastically. The weight and extra spine make this brush feel and lather the best of any I've used. And the extremely full (and barely bloomed) knot makes for an extremely soft, but sturdy brush that works amazingly well with soaps, but feels as soft as my 28mm Silvertip on my face (less of a tickle, more of a rub, but no prickle or poke at all).
As for the lather.
Well.
This is current Williams. No special treatment. ~30 seconds of lathering.
I don't really know what to add to that. It wasn't quite as easy as Tabac, but it was damned close.
It will be a LONG time before I need another brush. But when I do, I expect I'll get a 26mm Silvertip done up identically to this brush. I'm already imagining what that would be like. I really can't express how happy I am with the pinching effect that Mark did for me.
These two make the perfect pair. Other than both being beautiful natural wood handles and very soft, there isn't much they share.
The story behind the 24mm is this. I PM'ed Bullseye to get an idea of how much it would cost to make me a handle for a Golden Nib knot. He responded with an offer to make the brush custom with whatever knot I wanted seated and ready to use for a very reasonable price, and I took him up on it. I had already ordered the 28mm, but I'd been warned that it was huge (I don't listen well... it's absurdly huge, but I wub my ridiculous brush), so I figured that a 24mm (the top side of "typical" size as I was told) would be a very good choice for a mate.
I really didn't have too many specifics for what I wanted. I told Mark that it needed to reach the bottom of my ~3.75" deep scuttle without me having to stick my fingers inside it to lather, that I wanted it to stand on end, and that I wanted it in natural wood. And I decided on the 24mm Finest knot. He asked me a few questions. Where I gripped my brush, a general idea of what sort of shape I wanted, if I wanted some extra backbone from a pinch on the knot by the handle, and as he was finishing it up if I'd like a little weight in there to make it feel a bit more substantial. These last two questions that I hadn't even considered worked out fantastically. The weight and extra spine make this brush feel and lather the best of any I've used. And the extremely full (and barely bloomed) knot makes for an extremely soft, but sturdy brush that works amazingly well with soaps, but feels as soft as my 28mm Silvertip on my face (less of a tickle, more of a rub, but no prickle or poke at all).
As for the lather.
Well.
This is current Williams. No special treatment. ~30 seconds of lathering.
I don't really know what to add to that. It wasn't quite as easy as Tabac, but it was damned close.
It will be a LONG time before I need another brush. But when I do, I expect I'll get a 26mm Silvertip done up identically to this brush. I'm already imagining what that would be like. I really can't express how happy I am with the pinching effect that Mark did for me.
