Just curious. But has anyone had a label on a Simpfix come off? And if so, does it say "Simpson" underneath as the originals did.
Simpfix Labels
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The label on my Simpfix Chubby 1 started to curl at one of the corners, which annoyed me so I tore it off. Let's just say I found as much behind the label as Geraldo did at Al Capone's vault ... NOTHING!
I removed the label after the brush's first use. A Duke 1 in Best.
I think the brush looks far better without the label. Now I know that is blasphemy to some
but I think the label thing is a bit crazy when people are varnishing it
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Go on, just rip them off!!! You will feel so liberated!!!!
And the brush performance does nopt seem to be affected.
I think the brush looks far better without the label. Now I know that is blasphemy to some
but I think the label thing is a bit crazy when people are varnishing it.Go on, just rip them off!!! You will feel so liberated!!!!
And the brush performance does nopt seem to be affected.
You mean "SIMPSON" isn't stamped into handle underneath the sticker, like on the old ones? Can you show a picture?
I just got a 2 banded Chubby 2 and I noticed the sticker was a little wrinkled and not sitting flush after I soaked it. I didn't know what to make of it so I emailed Vulfix and they replied quickly that they sorry and already had dropped a new sticker in the mail to me. Cool.
But after reading this thread I wonder if I willl just let it fall off. It never occured to me that they might have been intended to be temporary and I think I kind of like it sans sticker. Hmmm.
But after reading this thread I wonder if I willl just let it fall off. It never occured to me that they might have been intended to be temporary and I think I kind of like it sans sticker. Hmmm.
They seem to still say 'Made in England', when they're not. Not a big deal, but they should change that.
They used to be temporary, but given that Vulfix makes the labels so they're more durable now, and they actually sent you a replacement, it would seem they are catering to customers who covet the decals.
The old Somerset stickers were supposed to be washed off into the sink right after first use. The Vulfix stickers arem meant to stick on to the handle. The old ones needed clear nail polish to secure them, the new ones don't need anything. I prefer the new Vulfix stickers, together with the engraving which i like more than the old lamp black stamp which came off as well with use.
Not on any of the five I had. However, in the third installment of "National Treasure," Nicolas Cage finds a gold map underneath.
I miss the lampblack and water soluble labels! That along with unpredictable bristle quality and the ever-present possibility of catastrophic shedding were the hallmarks of British shaving brush quirkiness. Most of my old labels have stayed intact despite not varnishing them, but they slowly turn green over time. Fortunately none of my brushes have been serious shedders either.
Wow. That was fast. I think 2 days from the time I emailed Simfix about my label issue to delivery. I peeled off the wrinkled label and can verify there is nothing printed underneath.
Now, I think I'll conduct a sound scientific experiment and make lather for 7 days without the label and 7 days with label and report back on performance differences.
Now, I think I'll conduct a sound scientific experiment and make lather for 7 days without the label and 7 days with label and report back on performance differences.
Wow. That was fast. I think 2 days from the time I emailed Simfix about my label issue to delivery. I peeled off the wrinkled label and can verify there is nothing printed underneath.
Now, I think I'll conduct a sound scientific experiment and make lather for 7 days without the label and 7 days with label and report back on performance differences.
Good service. BTW, how's the knot density in your brush?
I simply do not understand why it is that we have to put up with a label coming off an expensive shaving brush, and relatively speaking almost all shaving brushes are expensive. That is one reason, so far, that I have not purchased a Simpson 2 bander. There are many schemes that guys use, varnish, finger nail polish, epoxy, and the list goes on. What crap! Where else can you pay $150 and up and have a product that a manufacterur is suppose to be proud of have their name fall off. I mean crap from China has a label that doesn't come off although a lot of us wish it would,,,,,,come off! Get a GD lazer engraver for God's sake they are not that expensive, you could farm out label work for the entire English brush constorium and break even. Well EOR (end of rant)!
Take Care,
Richard
Take Care,
Richard
Labels is one area where the French outshine the British. Plisson labels almost never fall off. Napoleon may have lost to Wellington on the battlefield but at least his brush still had a label on it when all was said and done. It's a matter of getting your priorities right.
The Simpson labels being produced today are stickers. I think this one coming off was an odd occurrence. The original labels as stated many times before, was never meant to remain on. It was a way of showing that it was new..and sterilized. That is why it said Simpson underneath the label. Many of us enjoyed the way the gold emblem looked, so we decided to seal it with nail polish. I don't need to worry about sealing them anymore, because they are designed to stay on now.
Richard, Isaac explained it perfectly. The "schemes" were attempts to make temporary decals permanent. It was not a design flaw that made them fall off. As for the way Vulfix is going about it, I see it as an odd perversion of the Simpson method: take a label that was intended to be temporary, make it permanent, and then do away with the permanent brand stamp on the handle altogether. I'm sure Vulfix thought they were making an improvement, given the popularity of the decals, but I just see it as weird. The fact that the stickers do fall off when they evidently are not supposed to would seem to be a design flaw.
No doubt the Plisson labels stay on better, but even they have their limits. The "pur blaireau haute montagne" stickers on my three-and-a-half year old #16 got rather wopperjawed, so I removed them. The Plisson label itself is still going strong, but for how long I don't know. It doesn't bother me any; the horn handle is attractive enough it its own right, and it doesn't need any embellishing.
As an interesting side note, a whole batch of HMW horn brushes came out a couple years ago with labels that were all askew right out of the factory - or perhaps the labels got that way in transit to the vendor. At any rate, the brand new brushes looked quite unusual, and not in a good way. It raised a few eyebrows. I think Plisson has since corrected the problem.
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What was wrong with your simpson's?
I don't have a lot of experience under my belt but this is the biggest knot I have and it is certainly the most dense brush. There is just tons of real estate hitting the face and the lather it makes is massive. I'm used to smaller brushes (Rooney 3/1, Kent BK4) so again I'm not sure my early opinion is worth much. In all I love the way it performs and looks -- in spite of my wrinkly label.
