Interesting knot shape on the 7.
It does look a bit lopsided.
Interesting knot shape on the 7.
Interesting knot shape on the 7.
An anonymous package arrived at my doorstep.
An anonymous package arrived at my doorstep. Notice no return address:
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Out of the package, bubble wrapped, was this: Lee7 Faux Ivory bulb-shaped Blonde Badger 27mm knot / 50mm loft / 115 mm base to top of loft. I measured with my calipers because I was unable to get the final dimensions from Lee:
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I read this"Blonde Badger" post beginning to end which led me to the "Group Buy" thread. Both excellent read's. Needless to say SBAD kicked in big time. Both post's have everything you need to know regarding how to contact Lee, what he has to offer, what you should expect from your purchase experience. It's like a cookbook. Read it and you will not be "that guy" who posts "Can someone pm me Lee's email contact?," "I can't get a hold of Lee. What is his latest email address?" "That guy" bugs me, don't care if you're offended either. Read the whole post, understand it, and if you are the adventurous type, jump in feet first. With patience you will be rewarded. For me the chase is better than the catch and this, my friends, is a thrilling chase. This guy Lee is a ghost, polite to say the least, requires some due diligence and most important some patience. My experience was very similar to most members who took the leap but no worries, maybe a little bit of worries, I was prepared.
I'm really happy with my L7. It needs to be broke in because, honestly it's sucks right now for face lathering but like my Shavemac in Finest, it sucked too. The knot will get better with time. I know that for sure. One thing that I am semi curious about is even though Lee and I conversed about knot types, Heritage, Blonde Badger, I'm not 100% sure what type of hair it is. It appears to be BB. With my limited knowledge and the stencil on the back it would appear that it is. One of my last correspondence's with Lee was, in his words "for face lathering I would go for 2 band gel like hair fan shaped knot" I understand this as a Heritage knot and I am familiar with a fan shape. I assumed this is what I was getting although I completed my conversation with Lee saying that I could not make a choice between the four handles he offered me and that I would be grateful if he sent me one of his choice and what best represented his craftsmanship.
Four weeks later right when I was getting concerned about my M&F purchase, an anonymous Royal Air package with a faux ivory 27/50 bulb shaped Blonde Badger Lee7 shows up in my mailbox...perfect! Thanks Lee I am extremely happy with it. My journey was complete.
Thanks to Loric for sparking my interest, Chief Boom for fueling the fire, and most importantly to Lee for making me My Brush. I appreciate all of you.