I share my surname with this company and I like the idea of having a good quality brush with my name on it. Unfortunately I can't seem to find anywhere actually selling them. Do they still make Rooney branded brushes and if so any pointers on where to buy?
Rooney brushes
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Thanks for that. However at the moment I'm sitting in an office in London probably less than 10 miles from where they are located. It seems crazy to have to buy from the USA with all the shipping costs and import taxes, so do you or anybody else have any idea on UK or EU stockists?
Rooney doesn't appear to be listed among brands offered by Executive Shaving. Or I missed seeing it.
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There's a page on executive shaving about Rooney brushes but it isn't listing any for sale
http://www.executive-shaving.co.uk/shaving/rooney/rooney.php
I've never heard of shop.co.uk either and all the Rooney brushes on there are meant to be supplied by Executive Shaving so I'm wondering if shop.co.uk is hopelessly out of date?
I hope to talk to Lee today or tomorrow. I'll ask him what's up with that.
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Is Lee from Executive Shaving?
Re shop.co.uk, either the site doesn't work or the brushes are not available as clicking to buy any of them this message pops up
NO MER SHIPPING CHARGE mid=116 weight=0
Lee Sabini is Morris & Forndran, but he used to be Executive Director at Rooney (I think), and he still has some involvement there. I don't know what, if any, the relationship between Rooney and Executive Shaving might be. Judging by the ES site, there isn't any at present. But, again, I don't know.
According to http://opencorporates.com/companies/gb/06615558 Lee is the Director and Company Secretary for Rooney, with no other current directors named. Lee is also listed as director for a defunct version of Rooney (2004-2008) and a defunct M&F company (2006-2008).
They had several Rooney brushes listed last year. It seems the stock slowly dwindled and has not (perhaps will not?) be replenished.
It is similar to what seems to be happening at Classic Shaving. Other than the box of random brushes they seem to 'find' in the warehouse (like the orange/black swirl), they don't seem to be replenishing stock.
This, in addition, to the news that T&H will no longer use Rooney for some of their lines after they sell out of current stock leaves one wondering if Vintage Blades or direct from Lee is going to be the only place to get Rooney brushes in the near future.
I don't see any of the 'heritage' brushes listed anymore, glad I got my hands on one, those gel tips are insane.
I purchased mine from Vintage Blades. Used it today, actually. It's a very nice brush.
That's gotta be the only place on the web?
