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This appears to be a high-end white-tipped badger brush, probably made by Plisson. The description is not very accurate, and the handle seems to be horn, judging from the third picture. The base print is obviously not hexagonal. Vintage Plisson brushes that were sold in the US were typically marked ...

The Plisson listed on eBay could be size 18 or 20, but is definitely not a display brush. Anybody who considers submitting a bid should ask the seller for exact measurements for overall height and handle height. The badger hair in these vintage brushes is different from what is available now, and th...

I am quite willing to express my experience with my own Plisson, but I find these discussions of brush minutiae pretty dull and useless. Therefore, I acclaim you as right on every point. The only interest I have in my brush is the quality of my shave. Buzz "The details are not the details. The...

No, I have checked with Plisson and a 32mm calibre knot is definitely #24. I believe they were only made in HMW on special order for good customers and Colonial Drug was certainly a good customer. Nota bene that each handle size was used for two or three sized knots; as far as I know, there was nev...

<<SNIP>> I don't know whether Plisson made plexi brushes in a larger size than that, except for display brushes. Leo Oh, indeed they did. I have a #24 HMW in plexi that is my only brush and I also have a #20 HMW in plexi that I am holding for my teenage son who...for the moment...loves his Chubby 3...

I'm offering a beautiful size 22 Plisson plexi brush. Addendum: drP, whose knowledge I respect, has informed me that vintage HMWs had black collars, so this may actually be a EW. Regardless, it's a gorgeous brush. http://s2.postimage.org/f7kodgkk/Plisson_2.jpg John, It is a beautiful brush, but nei...

The brush makers at M-P make no more than 100 brushes a day, according to the M-P web site. Leo Well, assuming an 8 hour day that's about 5 minutes a brush, which seems pretty speedy to me! I believe they mean up to 100 hand-made knots a day. Gary Young mentioned (on another forum) that one of Simp...

Sodapopjones wrote:Very nice Paul, I'm curious as to where Lee is sourcing his horn from, as he has some very nice stock.

A couple of German brush companies, including Hans Baier and Dr. Dittmar, have used horn handles for years. The Morris & Forndran handles are probably from the same source.

Leo

Chris, I'm not even convinced that M-P really 'makes' brushes anymore....but perhaps they do. Regards, Gordon We had discussed this a couple of months ago in a different thread. But, yes, M-P do make their own brushes, about 1.5 million a year. They have serial as well as manual production and prov...

Not on par with my Simpsons f.i....three band super/silvertip , too much flex for my taste, too long loft ditto and last but not least an ugly cheap plastic handle. Peter, It's not surprising that you prefer shorter lofts (which don't feel too flexible), but loft measurement is not an indication of...

ok, so where can one buy these m&f brushes? There is a German web site, rasure-online.de , that carries Morris & Forndran brushes. According to that web site, some of the brushes are collaborations between Dr. Dittmar and M&F. The collaborations include a brush with a horn handle and an...

Lovely lineup! How do you like the 293? Which Thaeter is that? The 290 and 293 are both great, but I generally prefer larger brushes and use the 293 mainly when travelling. The 293 handle is very comfortable, though. I'm not sure why it looks a little lopsided in the picture. The Thaeter is a 49125...

Regarding the reuse of handle designs, I just remembered that I have these two brushes:



Leo

Here are three of the four brushes I use on a regular basis (the fourth is a Plisson). From left to right: Thaeter, da Vinci 290, da Vinci 293:



Leo

It's not a Plisson anymore, despite the original handle and despite the new label. If the original Plisson loft is missing, then it's no more or no less a cheap copy or whatever you may call such a brush... Just a way to make money out of old Plisson handles. Unless it were a genuine ivory handle i...

Now twice in the da Vinci video we see a knife blade being dragged across the 'canopy' of the knot. That concerns me a bit - I don't want cut hairs. Any insights, Gary? Chris The brush maker, according to information in a different part of the da Vinci web site, uses the knife to remove reversed or...

what's the deal with these brushes? how come they aren't talked about? truely handmade and free shipping :wink: i wonder what the density is like? These brushes are in the high-end segment in terms of quality and price, and are not widely available. The company's main line are the artist brushes, t...

Da Vinci is a German brush manufacturer that was founded in the 1890's. The company offers a wide range of brushes, including a few shaving brushes. These brushes are made by hand and are of excellent quality. The reason I mention them is a short video on their web page that shows how they make shav...

i'm a late comer to this discussion. i am also unfamiliar with gft's previous brush line.. so i'll ask: did gft previously sell a brush they called 'chubby"? did they previously sell brushes that had handles very similar to simpson's? i mean,,,are the concerned parties upset cause gft is selli...

Leo I can see your argument but you don't know the relationship there was between the Simpson family and Trumper. A relationship that spanned both business and private worlds. We are talking about relationships that were forged in a different way than seen today. And also the copying of a design th...