My Simpsons 2-banded super badger Emperor 3 arrived yesterday. I eagerly opened the package and began checking out the brush. It looked great and I ran my hand through the knot. It felt wonderful though some hairs came loose. No problem. But as I continued to run my hand back and forth across the knot more loose hairs followed and more and still more. I gathered them up and began to count them 1,2,3,4,..........more then 20....... run my hand some more, over 30. At this point it seemed to stop shedding but I hadnt even gotten it wet yet! A shampoo in Dawn dish soap and two test lathers later and the number of shed hairs was over 40. After gently squeezing the knot and drying on a towel the knot seemed to have stopped shedding last night, but when I used the brush today 4 more hairs shed.
He sits by me as I write this and when I run my hand across the knot, he is not shedding. Im hoping that Simpsons just forgot to comb out the loose hair when he was made, but time will tell. Mean while the joy of a new brush has been replaced with worry.
Emperor 3 Pre-bloom & Bloom
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I have picked up several nice brushes over the last few years and I have never seen anything like this degree of shedding.
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He sits by me as I write this and when I run my hand across the knot, he is not shedding. Im hoping that Simpsons just forgot to comb out the loose hair when he was made, but time will tell. Mean while the joy of a new brush has been replaced with worry.
Emperor 3 Pre-bloom & Bloom
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I have picked up several nice brushes over the last few years and I have never seen anything like this degree of shedding.
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