So, I've been out of the loop for a while but a supplier (not sure if I'm allowed to discuss suppliers when talking about prices due to it potentially being an advertisement so if that's the case could the mods snip out the supplier name, or someone let me know and I'll edit it out), Hariyali London are selling their 'super silvertip' brushes for £30 (give or take a few quid depending on the handle) when I got into wet shaving (around 2014)I got an Edwin and Jagger best badger brush and it cost me at least £20 any silvertip brushes were way above the £60 mark, easily reaching £100 or more from certain manufacturers.
Have things changed with the introduction of these new synthetic brushes to the point that manufacturers are selling silvertip and super silvertip at crazy low prices or is this a case of "if it seems too good to be true, it probably is"?
I could use a really fancy shaving brush; I could do with another straight razor too but ebay prices for even vintage blades are high so I reckon I'll wait for car boot sales to start back up as old straight razors can be incredibly cheap there and I got one in great condition (then embarrassingly chipped it whilst honing so lost about 1mm off the blade, poor storage means that it's corroded a little too, not much but enough to make me oil it if it's to sit unused for any period of time. I could also use a bigger cotocule or other sharpening stone, however I'm not a rich man.
Just if anyone is curious (this isn't really related to the thread) found the brishes while searching ebay for strop balm and wanted strop balm from a seller that is at least half way decent (I got goven a strop for my birthday from Executive shaving company that is about 30cm workable length (they advertise more, but you don't strop over the embossing) and a width of 8.5cm at quite a reasonable price, however they recommend using strop balm as the leather is "raw leather" in their words and the balm from their site isn't as reasonable in terms of price and quantity, not to mention they charge for shipping so I was exploring ebay to see if they sold balm any cheaper and the first named balm I came across (£10 for 100ml; non abrasive) so I checked their site out and saw the brushes.
So that's my question (in essay format) any experience with this brand? Should they be avoided at that price or has the introduction of quality synthetics changed things?
Have things changed with the introduction of these new synthetic brushes to the point that manufacturers are selling silvertip and super silvertip at crazy low prices or is this a case of "if it seems too good to be true, it probably is"?
I could use a really fancy shaving brush; I could do with another straight razor too but ebay prices for even vintage blades are high so I reckon I'll wait for car boot sales to start back up as old straight razors can be incredibly cheap there and I got one in great condition (then embarrassingly chipped it whilst honing so lost about 1mm off the blade, poor storage means that it's corroded a little too, not much but enough to make me oil it if it's to sit unused for any period of time. I could also use a bigger cotocule or other sharpening stone, however I'm not a rich man.
Just if anyone is curious (this isn't really related to the thread) found the brishes while searching ebay for strop balm and wanted strop balm from a seller that is at least half way decent (I got goven a strop for my birthday from Executive shaving company that is about 30cm workable length (they advertise more, but you don't strop over the embossing) and a width of 8.5cm at quite a reasonable price, however they recommend using strop balm as the leather is "raw leather" in their words and the balm from their site isn't as reasonable in terms of price and quantity, not to mention they charge for shipping so I was exploring ebay to see if they sold balm any cheaper and the first named balm I came across (£10 for 100ml; non abrasive) so I checked their site out and saw the brushes.
So that's my question (in essay format) any experience with this brand? Should they be avoided at that price or has the introduction of quality synthetics changed things?