A fellow member was kind enough to offer me a brand new boxed rooney stubby 1 in finest .Price was steep,but only a dozen of these fine brushes were produced...On first handling the brush,I ran my forearm over the tips.It felt pretty close to what a new simpsons 22mm duke felt like that my father brought me back from britain in the mid 1980's , that brush lasted 26 years ! Very very dense,thick strong hair,with little flex. The current size of stubby 1 is a 22mm knot...This knot appears smaller,I do not have calipers to measure it,so it may just be an illusion.....The knot is very strong ! Look at the photo of the heavy 23mm thater with a very heavy lucite handle sitting on top of the stubby,the tips show almost no flex at all!....bottom photos show brush after very first use.I suspect it will bloom just a little more,and the knot will soften a very little more,in about 10 shaves....I love this brush,my first rooney,I have a craving for a 24mm in finest now !!
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