I've got several badger brushes, but it's been probably 4-5 years since I bought a new one. I ordered a Chubby 2 in two band from Simpsons, and it arrived today.
Open the box... angels sing because its beautiful... check the knot shape... feel the backbone in my hand... give it a sniff... Smells clean!
...feel the backbone on my cheek (Dry)... ok, lets see what this thing smells like wet... Yep, wet dog.
...ok, thats expected, I'll just lather it a little... And behold what came dripping out of it:
The sink is bright white - any discoloration in the pictures was from the mucky lather that slid down the drain while I went to get my phone to take the picture.
I could hear that badger over my shoulder, rolling in laughter, all four paws gesturing with a single erect digit. I could try to convince myself that all that brown is just dust that collected on the shelf at the progress/simpsons brushworks, since this was a limited edition made for their 100th anniversary - which at this point was 5 years ago. But I'm pretty sure thats not what it was![Stick Out Tongue :p :p](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I had the last laugh though... After a couple washes/short soaks with Dawn dish soap, and 4-5 hand lathers with various shave soaps, it's beautiful, clean, smelling great, and ready for tomorrow. Bonus: Lost a total of zero hairs during this cleaning process.
Open the box... angels sing because its beautiful... check the knot shape... feel the backbone in my hand... give it a sniff... Smells clean!
...feel the backbone on my cheek (Dry)... ok, lets see what this thing smells like wet... Yep, wet dog.
...ok, thats expected, I'll just lather it a little... And behold what came dripping out of it:
The sink is bright white - any discoloration in the pictures was from the mucky lather that slid down the drain while I went to get my phone to take the picture.
I could hear that badger over my shoulder, rolling in laughter, all four paws gesturing with a single erect digit. I could try to convince myself that all that brown is just dust that collected on the shelf at the progress/simpsons brushworks, since this was a limited edition made for their 100th anniversary - which at this point was 5 years ago. But I'm pretty sure thats not what it was
I had the last laugh though... After a couple washes/short soaks with Dawn dish soap, and 4-5 hand lathers with various shave soaps, it's beautiful, clean, smelling great, and ready for tomorrow. Bonus: Lost a total of zero hairs during this cleaning process.