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Simmons M7 Shaving Brush (Ivory) - Is this a knock off?

Purchased the following Simmons M7 shaving brush from Amazon (seller is Simpsons Shaving Brushes Store).

When reading the Amazon listing I was confused as to which version of the M7 brush this listing actually was from the marketing language provided. Moreover no pic of the the back of the brush (which denotes the model for Simmons' brushes) was not present. I decided to take a risk as I can always send it back if it's a counterfeit.

Pics below show the brush I was shipped.
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As you can see, the model type listed on the brush is "synthetic bristle" but I can't find a synthetic bristle listed anywhere on the Simmons webpage as a brush model. Is there an actual synthetic bristle M7 brush or is this a knock off? If there is a "synthetic bristle" M7 brush is it any good? I paid $99 for this and have noted that the lowest tiered M7 on the Simmons webpage is the Sovereign Synthetic ($50).
 
Some seller on both Amazon & Ebay sell knocks offs.

Hope you got what you paid for.

Know Amazon’s has good return policy, as wife uses Amazon.

I make many trip to return junk products to Amazon.

Lots of Counterfeit Products out of Asia.👎
 

EclipseRedRing

I smell like a Christmas pudding
It is genuine, it is simply older stock and in my experience the older a Simpson brush is the better it is likely to be. Simpson have changed the names of their synthetic fibres several times in a bid to make their offerings even more confusing than they already were.

 
Thanks for your reply @brucered and the link. It is much appreciated. In terms of the older variants of the platinum synthetics (i.e. synthetic bristle), why do you believe that? Your link indicates the material is identical between the plantinum and the bristle. Were they older variants more densely packed?
 

rockviper

I got moves like Jagger
"Synthetic" was the name when Simpsons only offered a single type of , ummm, synthetic knot. When they added a second type, they rebranded the original synthetic as "Platinum" and the newer one as "Sovereign." Platinum is their premium synth knot.

My CH2 synth says "Synthetic" as well.
 
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