Vintage Plisson horn European Grey

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Mon May 04, 2015 2:30 am

My most recent and unexpected brush. I'm just getting familiar with it. Pics and comments to follow . . . .

fallingwickets · Post by **fallingwickets** » Mon May 04, 2015 3:59 am

use in good health!

clive

EL Alamein · Post by **EL Alamein** » Mon May 04, 2015 5:56 pm

Should be interesting!

Chris

pausted · Post by **pausted** » Mon May 04, 2015 6:08 pm

Looking forward to seeing it.

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Thu May 07, 2015 7:19 pm

Here they are ---

pausted · Post by **pausted** » Fri May 08, 2015 6:31 am

Very, very nice brush, Gary. Thanks for the pix.

TheMonk · Post by **TheMonk** » Fri May 08, 2015 11:06 am

Another stunning brush, Gary! Your Plisson collection is increasing...!

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Fri May 08, 2015 6:42 pm

David, it's got a bit of backbone and isn't overly scritchy. Not what I think some people call floppy. I'm going to be using it for soaps mainly, over the next few weeks, with a cream experience thrown in here and there. It's different from the soft and luxurious Erskine TGN Silvertip I've been using for the past 3 weeks or so, with a shaving cream. I bought it thinking I could easily sell it if I don't like how it performs, but now after just a few lathers, I'm starting to look forward to the next time. I am going to use it in a small 4 brush random rotation for a while, long enough to see how it stacks up against some proven to be really great performing brushes.

TheMonk · Post by **TheMonk** » Sat May 09, 2015 5:33 am

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Gary, it sounds very Plisson-like.

Could you also share the approximate specs?

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Sat May 09, 2015 7:20 am

David it's about 24mm x 54mm.

TheMonk · Post by **TheMonk** » Sun May 10, 2015 1:12 pm

brothers wrote:David it's about 24mm x 54mm.

That's not a very big loft for a Plisson 24mm knot... should provide a very interesting face feel!

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Sun May 10, 2015 1:45 pm

David, I agree that the proportion isn't as one would expect. It must have been a characteristic of the Grey range? My Plisson chart tells me a knot of 24mm should have a loft of 62, and would be a 16. The 12 has a loft of 56 and a knot of 22. I generally prefer the longer lofts, but this one is probably very close to the same height as my Thater, but the Thater has a wider knot. Maybe someone else has a brush similar to this one, and we could compare the two.

TheMonk · Post by **TheMonk** » Mon May 11, 2015 5:23 am

It would definitely be interesting to see a comparison. All my Plisson's have a higher proportional loft.

SMF

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