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Culmak... missing a sticker. Nice little brush, reminds me a great deal of the entry level simpsons like the Colonel.
Durabilt... never seen this brand before, but it's probably the best made American brush handle I've seen. Easily the quality of the big british brushes from the era. Sadly the knot was completely dying to shedding, so it got reknotted with a 22mm Maggard UHD.
Ever-ready 750... these handles are one of the things I try to buy whenever I see them come up (I actually have another one en route right now). They sell for under $20, and are the best of the EverReady handles in my opinion. Solid bakelite, nice shape for face or bowl lathering, Good size to take a 20-26mm knot. And they're pretty common. A real nice go-to brush if you want to add a few home-made brushes to your collection. Knot's when new aren't unusable... but they're nothing special. A reknot candidate even if NOS in my book. This one is reknotted with an Maggard 24mm Mixed hair knot.
Literally the best vintage handle I've gotten. No clue on the maker. It's THICK, HEAVY, IMMACULATELY turned... and has a great shape. I got it NOS but no packaging with a REALLY nice boar knot in it which I steamed out and moved into a vintage EverReady handle. I reknotted it with a AP Luxury 24mm mixed knot.
Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic brush. Neat little handle... Has one of those Bakelite stands like the little fullers, but a much better shape and size for use. Like a rounded off beehive. Plastic doesn't feel as solid as some of the other brushes, reminds me a bit of the semi-translucent bakelite in the marble-scotch everReady brush bottom halfs. Knot is high quality hair but very lofty, so not much backbone.
Unlabeled, suspected Culmak Mixed hair knot. Handle feels a little cheaper, less polished than a lot of these brushes, but not bad. Knot was really good at one point. Reminds me of the Kent Army brushes coming up soon, but it's taken a beating and looks almost chewed up at this point. Haven't decided its fate yet.
Kent K14? If memory serves. It's a beast. A big, dense, wall of fluff on your face. Not much else to say. MASSIVELY denser than modern Kents... Similar Density to a Chubby 3 band.
A Kent Barrel. One of my favorite brushes. A Nice dense pure/grey badger brush with a fun little handle and good scritch.
Kent Jars/Army brush (x3). Nice stiff, very scrubby boar brushs. Handles a bit on the small side, not great to grip, but not bad either. Not an every day brush, but a good way to break up the monotony.
Macy's brush. Nice handle, similar quality to the Culmak and some Rooneys from the 60's-70's era. Possibly made by Rooney (they made some for Macys), knot is alright, but a little lacking backbone for my taste.
Rooney. Basically a Modern size 1 style 2 super in a much cooler handle.
Simpson Emperor 3-5. Not sure what they'd call it. It's a 25mm knot... an Emperor 3 has a 21mm knot. Either it's a freakishly large E3, or they used to make them in sizes above 3. Again, basically the same as the modern equivalent, but in a cooler handle.
Simpson/Hoffritz Chubby 2. This has that Golden hair (European badger I would guess), that doesn't exist in brushes after the 60's or so. Softer than anything available today, as dense or denser than modern Chubby's... Similar to the K14, but a better size/shape handle, and significantly smaller knot.
Simpson, Oh I forget... Special 2? 55? It's a Brooks Brothers brush, so probably called a BB-something officially, but there's a modern model that it matches...Don't really remember. Nice brush, a bit Denser/lower lofted than modern equivalents, but not as dense as the Chubby.
Simpson AS3.
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