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Happy Father's Day - Kent BK12

My loving wife surprised me with a new Kent BK12 for Father's Day. She gave it to me last night so I could shave with it this morning. It is a beautiful brush with exquisite craftsmanship and it is a joy to shave with.
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Here it is next to my BK8 prior to bloom. The loft of the BK12 measures 64mm. Measuring the hair at the opening of the hole is 31.3mm which would be consistent with a 30mm knot.

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Here is the BK12 lined up with some of my other beastly sized brushes. The two tallest are also 30mm brushes, the dark amber one with 70mm loft and the white handled one is 69mm loft. The white handled one on the right is actually a 28mm brush with a 66mm loft. These are all Silvertips. I also have a black handled High Mountain (Finest) that has a 65mm knot and a black handled 38mm Silvertip brush that I don't remember the loft because it is so dense and big it is nearly useless. All the others are a pleasure to use.

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Here is the BK12 in wet bloom along with the two loftiest other Silvertips.

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And finally, here it is with that 38mm beast I refer to as "Sumo" because it is so big it reminds me of a Sumo wrestler.
 
I knew that the Kent Badgers are no longer being made and that makes this one even more special. They can still be found, at least for a while.
 

musicman1951

three-tu-tu, three-tu-tu
Congratulations. You know you eventually need to stop stroking the lather across your face with that luxury and actually shave.
 
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