I found this brush at a medieval re-enactment fair I visited this sunday:
The handle is laminated bone and looks a lot like the RasurPur brush - http://www.rasurpur.de/english/ - but it is more elaborate. It is clearly made by the same craftsman - or at least using the samt technique - as the RasurPur brush.
The knot has shed a gazillion hairs, though most of them shorter than the loft itself, I suspect that it has not been brushed for loose hairs before setting it in the handle. The knot is not very dense and it is quite floppy. I have no idea what quality it is, it is softer on the skin than pure, but not as soft as super, finest or silvertip - and way more floppy than both my super, finest and silvertip brushes. So far it has done a very unsatisfying job with Mitchell's Wool Fat, but I expect much better results with cream. Any ideas as to which quality badger this is?
If the knot keeps shedding I will replace it with a new knot from Goldeb Nib - imho. the handle is worth it.
There is nothing medieval about this brush anyway - the earliest known shaving brushes date from around 1750 and originate from France.
The seller also had two brushes with handles made from cow horn, they vere simply the outmost 8-10 cm of a horn with a knot in the end. But they looked and felt way too big and clumsy.
I paid D.Kr. 320 (approx. $ 60) for it btw.
Regards.
Jakob
The handle is laminated bone and looks a lot like the RasurPur brush - http://www.rasurpur.de/english/ - but it is more elaborate. It is clearly made by the same craftsman - or at least using the samt technique - as the RasurPur brush.
The knot has shed a gazillion hairs, though most of them shorter than the loft itself, I suspect that it has not been brushed for loose hairs before setting it in the handle. The knot is not very dense and it is quite floppy. I have no idea what quality it is, it is softer on the skin than pure, but not as soft as super, finest or silvertip - and way more floppy than both my super, finest and silvertip brushes. So far it has done a very unsatisfying job with Mitchell's Wool Fat, but I expect much better results with cream. Any ideas as to which quality badger this is?
If the knot keeps shedding I will replace it with a new knot from Goldeb Nib - imho. the handle is worth it.
There is nothing medieval about this brush anyway - the earliest known shaving brushes date from around 1750 and originate from France.
The seller also had two brushes with handles made from cow horn, they vere simply the outmost 8-10 cm of a horn with a knot in the end. But they looked and felt way too big and clumsy.
I paid D.Kr. 320 (approx. $ 60) for it btw.
Regards.
Jakob
