Simpson "60" Series

[beginish]

OK, I've never heard of this before, but was poking around the bay last week and came upon this. It's a nice looking brush, especially with the butterscotch handle, but all of the searching I did turned up nothing historically about a 60 series or the "62" brush depicted. They have a 50 series, so it would not surprise me, but does anyone have any information?

 

[beginish]

Holy necrothreads, Batman! Well, I found one:



A Simpson "60", which I won on a prominent internet auction site. Apologies for the poor quality photo, but it has a beautiful two tone handle, with the catalin having matured to a nice amber color over the black base. One can see stamped in lampblack, a "60", Best Badger, and Simpson. Eyeballing, it has a 23 mm knot with a 43 mm loft, which looks to be in great shape, and is comparable to the Berkeley for density. This is why I love this hobby!

 

[shaverjoe]

Congrats on the find.

 

[hig789]

Very nice. i like the seamless two tone color.

 

[franz]

Great find, sir.

 

[beginish]

Great find, sir.

blind pigs and acorns...

 

[noahpictures]

Congrats on the find! Do you plan to restore it?

 

[beginish]

Congrats on the find! Do you plan to restore it?

If the knot is as good as it appears, I will just clean it up a bit and use it.

 

[franz]

blind pigs and acorns...

Y'know, I had seen this thread before in my B&B spelunking and wondered if it would ever get an answer. Cool beans.

 

[Aaron622]

Gary Young references a 62 in this thread as the S series.

 

[Greg1911]

Holy necrothreads, Batman! Well, I found one:

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A Simpson "60", which I won on a prominent internet auction site. Apologies for the poor quality photo, but it has a beautiful two tone handle, with the catalin having matured to a nice amber color over the black base. One can see stamped in lampblack, a "60", Best Badger, and Simpson. Eyeballing, it has a 23 mm knot with a 43 mm loft, which looks to be in great shape, and is comparable to the Berkeley for density. This is why I love this hobby!

I've never even heard of the 60 series Simpsons. Pretty brush!

 

[Scott0079]

Very Cool

 

[beginish]

Gary Young references a 62 in this thread as the S series.

Great memory, Aaron. The picture of that 62 is the same one that inspired my original question. It calls to mind the Eagle/88 and Rover as Simpson's "everyman" brushes. On the surface, it's a pedestrian, round, two tone badger brush that also happens to be stuffed to the gills with a great knot. Whereas the simplicity of manufacture and appearance harkens to a plain Jane brush, the knot appears as good and dense as those found in brushes with more ornate handles. They did not skimp on the business end of the brush.

 

[djh]

Man....... you find the coolest stuff!

 

[melyus]

Bob really amazing simpson you got there.. Congrats.