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Yeah it’s usually 3 or 4 hairs on first use and then 0 or 1 after that.
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Sad to say, I've had two shed to death...
Yeah it’s usually 3 or 4 hairs on first use and then 0 or 1 after that.
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Did you reach out to Simpsons? They have excellent support/CS.Sad to say, I've had two shed to death...
CH1 Super has arrived!
Test lathers were extremely promising. The knot seems to be on the dense side of Simpson's offerings, with w/h dimensions being just a smidge shorter and broader than the Duke 2. I do however prefer the Duke handle over the Chubby pattern, but the CH1 handle is still far better than the CH2 synth in my mid-sized, non-arthritic hands.
I'm looking forward to shaving with it tomorrow morning!
I've been on a pure badger kick lately, especially when I skip a day shaving. Here's my pure lineup. The keyhole is a Shavemac pure from Rudy Vey.View attachment 1214202
I've been on a pure badger kick lately, especially when I skip a day shaving. Here's my pure lineup. The keyhole is a Shavemac pure from Rudy Vey.
Completely different brushes. The Commodore is a much taller brush and not nearly as dense a knot As a Chubby 1.I have a question: is there any advantage between a Chubby 1 vs a Commodore 3 both in best badger?
So buying Simpsons brushes is like buying sheets, one with variable hair density and the other w thread count..... Only wish they would actually give a number (hairs per mm2)....in the old days one would have gone to a store and actually touch them....Completely different brushes. The Commodore is a much taller brush and not nearly as dense a knot As a Chubby 1.
So buying Simpsons brushes is like buying sheets, one with variable hair density and the other w thread count..... Only wish they would actually give a number (hairs per mm2)....in the old days one would have gone to a store and actually touch them....
It's even more complicated than that... a Simpson brush as seen in their ad copy is (in my experience) merely a strong suggestion of what to expect... they undoubtedly attempt to build the brushes to the given spec, but making the knots by hand, from a naturally variable fiber, almost ensures that the product will have significant batch to batch and individual sample variation.
That said, you'll *most often* get a brush that's within a few percent of true spec and failing that you'll almost certainly get an excellent brush that's type representative, though the knot may be somewhat taller/shorter/denser/thinner/softer/scrubbier/etc. than expected.
Don't take this as Simpson bashing... I'm actually a hard bitten Simpson fan, but the reality is there are brush makers that are more consistent and less expensive, some are even both at the same time, but none of them make brushes that are quite like Simpson's offerings and if you acquire the taste for what Simpson *does* do so well, then you'll probably wind up with several of their brushes before you're done
Also, if you're not an ultimate density fanatic, you'll probably be happy with the backbone and resilience that all of Simpson's mid to low loft brushes offer, none of them are at all floppy. I've never tried any of the taller lofted models, since I prefer dense and springy knots, but so far anything that's 1:2.3 (base to loft ratio) or under has been acceptable for my taste.
I’m with you. I have 4 Simpsons in the mail currently including a Chubby 2 synthetic. Sad part is that I forgot the I ordered the Chubby a few weeks ago and only only realized it was still on order after I got a shipping update.Duke 1 inbound...
it really is a sickness