You did not mention how long you have been on sabbatical--- however, I guess an invasion of good, cheap synthetic brushes from Asia is significant.
The new generation synthetic brushes give excellent performance at bargain prices.
You did not mention how long you have been on sabbatical--- however, I guess an invasion of good, cheap synthetic brushes from Asia is significant.
Titanium has become the material of choice for high end DE and SE razors (I'm not sure why). There have been a few nice SE razors released which use Artist Club-type blades in recent times.
High end badger brushes basically don't exist anymore imo.
Simpson's and shavemac are still making hand tied brushes in the traditional way. They're dev high end 'makers'. What I was getting at was the quality of the badger hair. I don't think the really high quality hair is available anymore, hence the proliferation of the bleached two band.Sorry, but that's simply not true. What about:
- Simpsons
- Declaration
- Paladin
- Shavemac
- Black Eagle
- Varlet
- Morris & Forndran
These are all considered to be "high end".
What I noticed, is all kinds of "new, best" razors popping up at ridiculous prices, like the Carbon ($299 originally), or don't even exist yet, but do already have a hefty price tag like the Janus ($500).
Seems only because the prices for Wolfman razors spiral out of control, everybody tries to manufacture some piece of stainless steel for $200+. Not a good trend...
You did not mention how long you have been on sabbatical--- however, I guess an invasion of good, cheap synthetic brushes from Asia is significant.