After much research and deliberation with myself (not my wife), I decided to order a Chubby 3. It's my first chubby style handle, my first 2 band Simpsons, and my first really large knot (with my Rooney 3/3 26 mm being the largest up until now).
Here are my thoughts after one use of this brush.
-- The knot is really big, but not too big for me. I enjoyed the size because it gave me a great massage while face lathering. The face feel (largeness) of the brush reminded me of my Rooney 3/3 only with more density and scrub.
-- I'm not sure if I like the handle. I have large hands and long fingers and felt like the brush was missing a place to rest part of my palm. My fingers felt cramped on the handle.
-- Dry, this brush is really prickly and feels like thousands of needles poking your face. Wet, the brush is nice and soft with lots of scrub. I really enjoyed the feel on my face. It's not pillow like, but I don't care for overly soft brushes. That said, I'm now dying to try a Simpsons Super so I can experience a really soft and really dense brush. I was leaning towards the Tulip 4.
-- It completely destroyed my puck of Provence Sante Verlaine. The soap was so scared, it lathered up before the brush even touched the puck.
-- I never really had a problem getting soap out of the brush. There were occasions where one area of the brush would dry up, but this thing is sooooo big that all I had to do was rotate the brush and find another area with gobs of lather.
-- The density of this brush is outstanding.
Here are mandatory pre and post bloom pics. I used the yogurt cup as a size comparison. When researching this brush, I only saw pics of the brush alone or next to other brushes I didn't own, so I had no clue how large the brush was.
Overall, I like the brush. I'm not sure if I'm in love yet...time will tell. I have other brushes that I like just as much, if not more (Rooney 3/3 and Keyhole 4).
Here are my thoughts after one use of this brush.
-- The knot is really big, but not too big for me. I enjoyed the size because it gave me a great massage while face lathering. The face feel (largeness) of the brush reminded me of my Rooney 3/3 only with more density and scrub.
-- I'm not sure if I like the handle. I have large hands and long fingers and felt like the brush was missing a place to rest part of my palm. My fingers felt cramped on the handle.
-- Dry, this brush is really prickly and feels like thousands of needles poking your face. Wet, the brush is nice and soft with lots of scrub. I really enjoyed the feel on my face. It's not pillow like, but I don't care for overly soft brushes. That said, I'm now dying to try a Simpsons Super so I can experience a really soft and really dense brush. I was leaning towards the Tulip 4.
-- It completely destroyed my puck of Provence Sante Verlaine. The soap was so scared, it lathered up before the brush even touched the puck.
-- I never really had a problem getting soap out of the brush. There were occasions where one area of the brush would dry up, but this thing is sooooo big that all I had to do was rotate the brush and find another area with gobs of lather.
-- The density of this brush is outstanding.
Here are mandatory pre and post bloom pics. I used the yogurt cup as a size comparison. When researching this brush, I only saw pics of the brush alone or next to other brushes I didn't own, so I had no clue how large the brush was.
Overall, I like the brush. I'm not sure if I'm in love yet...time will tell. I have other brushes that I like just as much, if not more (Rooney 3/3 and Keyhole 4).
