I picked up a nice 1948-50's shaving set last year. I primarily grabbed it because it had an English Aristocrat Junior No.48 included, exceptional for a shaving travel set.
Anyway, it had a very clean and usable/restorable small English boar brush included. It's unbranded, and except for place of manufacture and it being a No.4, it's pretty anonymous.
As I was soaking and cleansing the knot I took a toothbrush to scrub off some ancient soap that had adhered decades ago to the ribbed red side bottom section. As I was scrubbing, the whole unit came loose. It was in fact an unscrewable bottom compartment. I had absolutely no idea that it had this feature until tonight.
It revealed this.
I didn't really examine it closely, I thought it was just a plug of opaque heavy plastic. I was more concerned with getting it re-assembled without destroying the knot.
I had put it up on a thread asking for help in restoring the brush, so this was unexpected. Brother @LJS while reading the thread, said it looked like alum.
I think he is right. The little alum cylinder is rounded from slight use, although it, like the brush itself does not appear to have been overly used.
Just a quirky little brush and feature that I have never heard of or seen before, and thought I would share.
Anyway, it had a very clean and usable/restorable small English boar brush included. It's unbranded, and except for place of manufacture and it being a No.4, it's pretty anonymous.
As I was soaking and cleansing the knot I took a toothbrush to scrub off some ancient soap that had adhered decades ago to the ribbed red side bottom section. As I was scrubbing, the whole unit came loose. It was in fact an unscrewable bottom compartment. I had absolutely no idea that it had this feature until tonight.
It revealed this.
I didn't really examine it closely, I thought it was just a plug of opaque heavy plastic. I was more concerned with getting it re-assembled without destroying the knot.
I had put it up on a thread asking for help in restoring the brush, so this was unexpected. Brother @LJS while reading the thread, said it looked like alum.
I think he is right. The little alum cylinder is rounded from slight use, although it, like the brush itself does not appear to have been overly used.
Just a quirky little brush and feature that I have never heard of or seen before, and thought I would share.