Simpson brushes are legendary. I’ll shed a tear if this company is ever gone. They can call a brush the milk churn and sell it for decades
Simpsons shaving brushes, are they really worth it.??
- Thread starter Alpa man
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We polarize opinion like any other well known manufacturer of any other given product. It goes with the territory.
What we do know, is that down the 104 years or so of producing shaving brushes, we have, by and large, satisfied the wants and needs of thousands upon thousands of gentleman in their search for a high quality shaving tool.
We will continue to strive to be better, serve our customers old and new with the same levels of courtesy, efficiency and gratitude.
The many kind words we receive on this particular forum are appreciated by all our staff, we are merely custodians of this great name in shaving.
Thank you.
Mark
What we do know, is that down the 104 years or so of producing shaving brushes, we have, by and large, satisfied the wants and needs of thousands upon thousands of gentleman in their search for a high quality shaving tool.
We will continue to strive to be better, serve our customers old and new with the same levels of courtesy, efficiency and gratitude.
The many kind words we receive on this particular forum are appreciated by all our staff, we are merely custodians of this great name in shaving.
Thank you.
Mark
EclipseRedRing
I smell like a Christmas pudding
Hi Mark, thank you for the reply and for your excellent products. To clear up any confusion, are you able to confirm that Simpson SiLVERTiP knots are tied by hand, from loose hair, in house at the Isle Of Man factory? Thank you.
Mark, I'll always be a Simpson aficionado fan boy, I just love those Simpson brushes! I have my 13th Simpson (a Colonel X2L) on the way to be delivered today and will soon purchase Simpson brush #s 12, 15 and 16 from Simpson directly.
I have 2. A Special Badger I mostly keep in my travel bag since it’s smaller and a Trafalgar T2 Synthetic I use daily. Both were super affordable and perform equally great.
Dear Mark, my hat is off before these wonderful words of kindness and wisdom. And you, my good old friend, are a first class Gentleman.
P.S. There is no need to add how much I wholeheartedly LOVE your superior quality brushes. I've been repeating that tirelessly for over 14 years hear on B&B. Only a Simpson brush is a Simpson brush, nothing else truly compares.
IMightBeWrong
Loves a smelly brush
I remember a few years ago I had been wanting a Chubby 2 Silvertip and hadn’t seen one available for a long time. I shot an email, you (Mark) replied agreeing it had been a while, you asked me what handle material option I’d like from what you had available, and you helped me get the perfect Chubby 2 that I still own and will never leave my collection. You also did a run of a bunch more for others.
Simpson’s listens to their customers. They make great brushes, and are my favorites in my collection. I have since ordered more, and having just found this thread (been gone a while) I decided to order a Ch1 in Silvertip just now as well.
Not overrated in the slightest.
Did you ever got an answer for your question??
EclipseRedRing
I smell like a Christmas pudding
Sadly not, which may be considered an answer in itself. I will draw my own conclusion from that and others can do the same
Agree!!Sadly not, which may be considered an answer in itself. I will draw my own conclusion from that and others can do the same
Give him some time to respond, I'm sure he's very busy.Sadly not, which may be considered an answer in itself. I will draw my own conclusion from that and others can do the same
In fact, I've been waiting for a week for an order invoice from them for three brushes, tubs and creams.
Owen Bawn
Garden party cupcake scented
Mr Watterson hasn't visited this site since last Thursday when he made the post above, so he hasn't even seen @Eclipse Red Ring 's query.
This same pointed question was brought up in 4 or 5 separate posts in the "Simpson Quality" thread. It was answered with-
“We manufacture our brushes exactly as we always have & our knot construction techniques do vary”.
While I as well would love to read a less ambiguous answer to this question, at this point I'm not holding my breath waiting for one.
“We manufacture our brushes exactly as we always have & our knot construction techniques do vary”.
While I as well would love to read a less ambiguous answer to this question, at this point I'm not holding my breath waiting for one.
Among my 25+ brushes bought, sold or PIF'd since 2009, I've owned at least 8 Simpson. I have no complaints about any of my Simpson brushes. All were favorites while I owned them. Most were bought from vendors, but a couple I ordered directly from Simpson, having Mark recommend and pick out a brush for me. Some were sold to fund larger or smaller brushes, others I gave to family members getting into wetshaving. Some I PIF'd to other members, even one to a member in Norway, because we were fans of the same paddy-punk Norway band. My 2 remaining Simpson brushes, still in regular use, are a Simpson Rover and Duke 1. A son-in-law wetshaves, so they'll pass to him, with my Rudy and Rooney brushes.
I just ordered 3 more Simpsons this morning: a Berkeley 46 centenary edition in best and emerald green, a 57 in best and a Beaufort B6 in best.
The two Simpson brushes I regret giving away most, are my 46 and 56. Enjoy your Simpsons.
The Berkeley 46 has my favorite grip profile of any brush I've ever owned.
I used to know a guy called Paul Simpson and he lost his hair at quite a young age.
