Suggestions for inexpensive silvertip knot

Discussion in 'The Brush' started by Marverel, Oct 14, 2016.

  1. Marverel

    Marverel Well-Known Member

    Hello guys,

    there's an ivory handle in my den that's longing for a nice and soft badger knot. I have quite a few 2-band/finest brushes, so now I'd like to try a 3-band silvertip.

    From your experience - what would be the best of the inexpensive bunch? One that's not too floppy, maybe extra dense.

    - Whipped Dog?
    - Frank Shaving?
    - Virginia Sheng?

    I love my WD High Mountain brush, so I am leaning towards buying the knot from Larry, but maybe you have a better suggestion.

    Thank you ;)
     
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  2. PatrickA51

    PatrickA51 Well-Known Member

    You know Larry's Quality and Workman Ship already if you have one of his brushes. I would support his business.
     
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  3. SpeedyPC

    SpeedyPC Well-Known Member

    What about this is a fantastic brush great backbone for face and bowl lather ;) you should look into this brush as I love my brush so much.
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  4. david of central florida

    david of central florida Rhubarb Rubber

    Ace shaving as well.
     
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  5. Marverel

    Marverel Well-Known Member

    I already have an SOC 2-band ;) Just looking for a Silvertip knot that I can glue into my spare handle
     
  6. Marverel

    Marverel Well-Known Member

    Thanks - I'll have a look at his Ebay offerings :happy088:
     
  7. Herm2502

    Herm2502 off to elf practice

    Whipped Dog gets my vote.

    HERM
     
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  8. dad3*3

    dad3*3 New Member

    I've had great luck with Virginia Sheng from Ebay on a lot of my restores. Knots are full and the shipping is fast considering. Currently have 5 handles that carry various sizes of their Silver Tips.
     
  9. SpeedyPC

    SpeedyPC Well-Known Member

    @Marverel than Whipped Dog is you're strongest answer
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  10. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    Whipped Dog, and Virginia Sheng are great choices.
     
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  11. Metro

    Metro Well-Known Member

    I vote for Whipped Dog, but I now use a synthetic he made. I like it even more!
     
  12. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    The only one I have bought from is WhippedDog and I have had no regrets.
     
  13. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    I haven't tried one, but Elite Razor's 3-band High Mountain White get really high praise. They run $50-60 dollars I think.

    Nathan Clark's Luxury are still in that $40 ish range, but you might get a little denser knot than some other options.

    I have had good luck with all the TGN knots I have had.

    I have had a couple of Whipped Dog silvertip knots; they were super soft, not much backbone. They bloom out really nice, and have good flow through, because they aren't super dense.

    I have only used Virginia Sheng 2-bands. Again, not super dense, but good flow through and the price is sure right.

    I don't think you could go wrong with any of these.


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  14. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    I just received my two Virginia Sheng silvertips and put them in these two handles.
    This is the #107. JR107_08.jpg It has been adopted. New parent will bloom it.

    This is the #120. JR120_21.jpg I will be blooming it tomorrow.
     
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  15. Marverel

    Marverel Well-Known Member

    Thank you all for your help and suggestions. I decided on a Virginia Sheng Silvertip knot. It arrived yesterday from China. Here it is with the handle I already had:

    sheng1.jpg

    The knot was supposed to be 23.5 mm, in reality it was more like 24.5 mm - a bit too much for the 24mm handle ;) So I had to use the Dremel today. After a few minutes of widening and deepening the hole I set the knot with Epoxy:

    sheng2.jpg

    I'll let it dry for 24 hours and use it for tomorrow's shave
     
  16. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    Embrace the soft.....

    Good job choosing and putting it together. I am sure it will serve you well.
     
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  17. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    Oooo! that one is a beauty, Martin.
     
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  18. Marverel

    Marverel Well-Known Member

    Thank you both :eatdrink047:
     
  19. Gabe

    Gabe Well-Known Member

    Beautiful brush :happy096:
     
  20. TCBENNETT55

    TCBENNETT55 Active Member

    Whipped Dog. Larry is great at customer service.

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