Shavemac Closing
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Oh my what a loss for the wetshaving community! Thank you for bringing this up.
My final order is in.
Congrats! What did you get?
CzechCzar
Use the Fat, Luke!
this is tragic
You got to read this carefully:
the Brush-Configurator will be closed down, not the company.
I will be still getting knots from them, also after the dateline set in the newsletter.
the Brush-Configurator will be closed down, not the company.
I will be still getting knots from them, also after the dateline set in the newsletter.
It is not a problem of the German brush industry, Vielong in Spain also closed down.
The problem is that the majority of wet shavers now looking for cheap, cheap and the Chinese filling this void. So, great old companies that created excellent shaving brushes are not longer able to keep up with this cheap trend. I also see this in the last years. I also fear others will also close down, here in the US Mozingo is gone and I also think that Brad Sears is closing down as it was announced here already. We have to thank for this to ourselves.....
Well said. I had no idea Vielong closed. I can see that with Yaqi taking off. I've tried to do my part by carefully selecting who I buy from and choosing quality over quantity
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Thanks for the clarification, Mr. Vey. Much appreciated.
My apologies for any confusion.
What did you configure? I think I may be ordering some back ups!
Like back ups for your back up back ups at this point?
This is not a "new" trend. Looking for best value comes naturally and it is in our genes. Certain manufacturers are flooding the market with cheap brushes, although their prices have risen (as in doubled) in the passed year or so.
This whole "trend" is called competition. Some make it, some don't. Adapt, or disappear. It is a law of nature, I suppose.
It is very sad to hear about Shavemac and I wish them the best. I visited their configurator the other day, as I was planning to put an order.
This whole "trend" is called competition. Some make it, some don't. Adapt, or disappear. It is a law of nature, I suppose.
It is very sad to hear about Shavemac and I wish them the best. I visited their configurator the other day, as I was planning to put an order.
Another D01-2Band Fan 22/48
I feel very lucky , Bernd made a wonderful brush for me 23 years ago , I treasure it !
Agreed.
Thankfully we still have small operations like yours making high quality brushes.
I would hazard a guess if even you decided to try to grow substantially in the last few years (hire a few employees, rent a large office space, additional machinery, etc.), you might be feeling pain as well. Hard to compete with offshore labour and Amazon’s instant gratification model.
I will keep using, enjoying and buying European, Canadian and American made brushes exclusively in any case. And one last ShaveMac custom of course.
But to each their own, you get what you pay for and all that.
I guess brush makers too, deserve be able to retire soon or later, regardless of the competition.
Stunnnig Simply stunning.
Stunnnig Simply stunning.
I got the email from Shavemac too and I’m still not sure what it means. It’s clear that the configurator is going away, but the rest of the email sounds like Bernd is retiring or scaling back, though it doesn’t actually say so (nor does it say he isn’t).
I know it isn’t really proper for you to announce things on Bernd’s behalf, @Rudy Vey, but do you have any sense of what we can expect regarding Shavemac brush production going forward?
I know it isn’t really proper for you to announce things on Bernd’s behalf, @Rudy Vey, but do you have any sense of what we can expect regarding Shavemac brush production going forward?
I'm waiting on a reply from Bernd concerning this also.... I mean its currently 10:35 pm over there so he probably wont reply until tomorrow or something.....
