You did very well. Congratulations! I have three Simpson brushes, the Chubby 3, Tulip 3 and Emperor 2 and love them all. I find the quality, design, history of the brand and owner satisfiction to be second to none. Good luck with your first Simpson!
I been bit by the simpsons bug, they really are great brushes....i hear nothing but good things about their best grade of hair....post pics when you get it!
Great . They make that brush one way only and for good reason. It is about as good all-arounder as they come. Was in WCS and kicking myself for not taking one home with me .
I was really torn for the last few weeks between the Tulip 2 in 2 band or 3 band super or the Milk Churn in best. Then I read someone's comment about the Colonel being awesome so I read every thread I could find about it. I ultimately decided that $65.00 was a lot easier to swallow on a brush that I have never seen in person so I finally hit the button.
I exclusively bowl lather both soaps and creams and my favorite all around brush right now is a vintage ever-ready restored with a 20mm 2 band finest (set at 50mm loft) from TGN. I decided on the Colonel over the Milk Churn since I do use soaps quite often and decided on the Colonel over the Tulip due to price first and size of handle second.
I'm positive I will end up with the Tulip before the end of 2010 I'm also keeping my eye on the Ehsan if I end up liking the handle on the Colonel and if bullgoose gets them back in stock in December.
+1. My sole brush is a Tulip 1 two-band. A little small IMO but after about a dozen uses is beginning to break-in. The two-band Simpson's sure are dense .