Hello all,
ChiefBroom, AgBill, and I got together last night at Chief's place for an evening of beers and brushes. I thought I'd share my thoughts on the night's proceedings and encourage others to perhaps do the same.
First, I'd like to thank Chief for having us over. His wife probably thought we were nuts to have about 20 brushes on the kitchen counter and 3 B&Bers talk for hours on end about our favorite brushes. My wife gave me the "look" when I told her what I was doing last night and knowing Bill's wife (we're friends) she probably did the same. Bill and I have been good friends for the past 3 years so he and I have had the opportunity to try out each others brushes. It works great when he buys something I've had my eye on and I can get to use it prior to purchasing one similar myself. It has definitely helped keep the acquisition disorder at bay when I get to try out something new for a few weeks.
I purchased a brush not too long ago that led to some interesting discussions about our definitions of finest hair. I got to know Chief and since he lives near by we planned a get-together. The night started off with a tour of Chief's gear and it is very impressive.
The highlight of my evening was being able to see and hold his famous "Pooney." Yes, I held it.
The three of us primarily favor 2-bands and the majority of our brushes are 2-band brushes so we were able to have good lengthy discussions on the properties of the knots by the different makers. It was very cool to be able to have a much smoother conversation in person where I was better able to explain what something feels like to me and I'm guessing they would agree.
I'll let Bill and Ken give their thoughts on our meet but I thought I'd end this by encouraging others to do the same. We have get-together discussion threads in the main forum but I think smaller groups where we could actually have show and tells are pretty informative. It also helps to have someone that is just as crazy about brushes as I am share in my amazement at how similar yet different some brushes can be.
I was able to test out Chief's Simpson Manchurian and it made me want one. I left him my M&F 2XL Finest (which is nothing like Rooney Finest, but we've had that discussion in another thread) to get his thoughts and I left with his M&F 1XL Finest purchased through classic shaving. I've used it once and it is something else (my thoughts to come).
It was definitely a neat experience and I can't wait to do it again.
ChiefBroom, AgBill, and I got together last night at Chief's place for an evening of beers and brushes. I thought I'd share my thoughts on the night's proceedings and encourage others to perhaps do the same.
First, I'd like to thank Chief for having us over. His wife probably thought we were nuts to have about 20 brushes on the kitchen counter and 3 B&Bers talk for hours on end about our favorite brushes. My wife gave me the "look" when I told her what I was doing last night and knowing Bill's wife (we're friends) she probably did the same. Bill and I have been good friends for the past 3 years so he and I have had the opportunity to try out each others brushes. It works great when he buys something I've had my eye on and I can get to use it prior to purchasing one similar myself. It has definitely helped keep the acquisition disorder at bay when I get to try out something new for a few weeks.
I purchased a brush not too long ago that led to some interesting discussions about our definitions of finest hair. I got to know Chief and since he lives near by we planned a get-together. The night started off with a tour of Chief's gear and it is very impressive.
The highlight of my evening was being able to see and hold his famous "Pooney." Yes, I held it.
The three of us primarily favor 2-bands and the majority of our brushes are 2-band brushes so we were able to have good lengthy discussions on the properties of the knots by the different makers. It was very cool to be able to have a much smoother conversation in person where I was better able to explain what something feels like to me and I'm guessing they would agree.
I'll let Bill and Ken give their thoughts on our meet but I thought I'd end this by encouraging others to do the same. We have get-together discussion threads in the main forum but I think smaller groups where we could actually have show and tells are pretty informative. It also helps to have someone that is just as crazy about brushes as I am share in my amazement at how similar yet different some brushes can be.
I was able to test out Chief's Simpson Manchurian and it made me want one. I left him my M&F 2XL Finest (which is nothing like Rooney Finest, but we've had that discussion in another thread) to get his thoughts and I left with his M&F 1XL Finest purchased through classic shaving. I've used it once and it is something else (my thoughts to come).
It was definitely a neat experience and I can't wait to do it again.
His admission to momentary possession was quite enough, thank you.
