So my first Simpson brush(Berkeley 46 in best) arrived yesterday, right? Well I've just finished using it for the first time and I cannot believe somebody could botch a brush design so badly.
Right off the back it's obvious the handle housing the knot is dense, solid and downright heavy. I'm trying to shave, Simpson...not squeeze in a morning workout. It's even worse after a soak because the excessive amount of hair they jam into the knot takes in a LOT of water that stays in the brush unless I force out.
Anyway, I start lathering and the thing is so soft I can hardly feel it on my face! What am I gonna do if I have to shave without a mirror? Worse still... is within seconds I have a huge mountain of lather that , even after multiple passes, largely just goes down the drain...so not only does is it wasting lather, but making it so fast that it cuts down the duration of my shave.
Now after all that I notice that, once I've finished shaving and cleaned out the brush, that the knot can't hold it's shape for even one measly shave and has started blooming out like a flower.
What a piece of junk...
Right off the back it's obvious the handle housing the knot is dense, solid and downright heavy. I'm trying to shave, Simpson...not squeeze in a morning workout. It's even worse after a soak because the excessive amount of hair they jam into the knot takes in a LOT of water that stays in the brush unless I force out.
Anyway, I start lathering and the thing is so soft I can hardly feel it on my face! What am I gonna do if I have to shave without a mirror? Worse still... is within seconds I have a huge mountain of lather that , even after multiple passes, largely just goes down the drain...so not only does is it wasting lather, but making it so fast that it cuts down the duration of my shave.
Now after all that I notice that, once I've finished shaving and cleaned out the brush, that the knot can't hold it's shape for even one measly shave and has started blooming out like a flower.
What a piece of junk...
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