Your perfect brush

Discussion in 'The Brush' started by oscar11, Nov 12, 2017.

  1. oscar11

    oscar11 Well-Known Member

    There has been alot of talk on the board lately about luxury brushes, high dollar brushes, whats best,etc. I don't do so good with factory made brushes. I always feel a little tweak would usually improve their performance. Personally if I was choosing a factory brush I'd be looking for a Rooney or a M&F. Obviously the problem is trying to find one. I only own 2 factory brushes both Simpsons, one Manchurian, one synthetic and yes, I'd like to shorten the Manchurian a couple of mm and increase the loft a couple mm on the synthetic. As most of you know I'm a hobby brush maker and I've done alot of experimentation with knots, loft, hair type, etc. Here's my perfect brush. I'm not wild about the handle but again I like to experiment with style and this is where my head was at when I made the brush and I'm trying not to mess with it and view it as a sign post of where I was at the time the brush was made. You can always change a handle but I hope I don't. I have about $110 dollars in this brush. Most of that is due to the Shavemac silver tip knot. I don't consider this as a high dollar brush but it's big on luxury and performance for my taste. Let's see your perfect brush.
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  2. Jim99

    Jim99 Gold Water Shaver

    Here’s two brushes that I have and absolutely love.

    The one on the left is the JR 221 with a Maggards synthetic knot. The handle is just gorgeous. The other is a Semogue boar (810 or 830 - I forgot) that is by far my favorite knot. All in price is $50.
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  3. PanChango

    PanChango Not Cute

    I will have to dig out a pic, but for the past few years the Semogue BC Mistura has been my favoite.

    It is a stubby mixed knot that works surprisingly well for me. If I could figure out how to safely remove the knot, I would put it in a different handle.
     
  4. Redrock

    Redrock Well-Known Member

    The Mistura is one fine little brush. Semogue hit a home run with this one.
     
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  5. Redrock

    Redrock Well-Known Member

    Here is a link on how I removed a Semogue knot. Gotta be real care when removing the wood around the knot. I used a sharp pocket knife and needle nose pliers.

    http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/semogue-1520-made-rite-5-re-knot-restore.49234/
     
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  6. PanChango

    PanChango Not Cute

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  7. Badgerstate

    Badgerstate Well-Known Member

    My personal perfect brush is the HJM boar. Good backbone, nice quality handle, a smallish brush (18mm) and you can get them for $11-20 on Amazon.
    HJM also makes a similar brush in badger and synthetic with a more modern-looking handle that go for about $20 that is nice too. All of those brushes are made in Germany too, which is cool, IMO.
    Omega makes some nice brushes in the $10-15 range too but a lot of them kind of look and feel cheap, IMO.
     
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  8. Lancre

    Lancre Well-Known Member

    My favorite is the Semogue 830.
     
  9. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

    Supporting Vendor
    This is JR#18. I made this from spalted maple and put a silvertip badger in it. This was back in the beginning when I did not have a lathe. It is still one of my favorites if not the favorite. I won't mention any names, but I have a green brush in the works that may end up being my perfect brush.

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  10. stingraysrock

    stingraysrock PIF'd away his custom title

    My Shavemac/Rudy Vey caused me to pack all my other brushes away. For me the Shavemac knot blows away the Simpson that I have.

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  11. Robie Persaud

    Robie Persaud Member

    This is my Perfect brush. I've had it for almost 1 year now. Contacted Nathan Clark and had him make it for me. Everything about this brush is perfect fro me. IMG_2054.JPG
     
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  12. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    My Shavemac ATG Flat Top

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  13. stingraysrock

    stingraysrock PIF'd away his custom title

    Yaaaaasssss!
     
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  14. stingraysrock

    stingraysrock PIF'd away his custom title

    I am a proud owner of three Oscar11/Steve handles, and they are all very fine indeed!
     
  15. oscar11

    oscar11 Well-Known Member

    I've been toying with the idea of doing a flat top in a DO1 in a silver tip. I had one in a DO1 2 band and it was an excellent brush. Both of the above flat tops are gorgeous.
     
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  16. oscar11

    oscar11 Well-Known Member

    Clint is the top part of your brush (white and black) laminated or for lack of better terms painted in the grooves?
     
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  17. FatherofSquirrel

    FatherofSquirrel A right jolly old elf

    Nice. I like the flat top look. How much was it?
     
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  18. FatherofSquirrel

    FatherofSquirrel A right jolly old elf

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  19. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    The handle white and black resin stacked and turned by Shavemac.
     
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  20. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    It was part of a group buy on Against the Grain which made it cheaper but it was $125 including shipping to the US
     
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