The Haul: February 2018

Mail Call:- from Connaught Shaving

 

Do you know if that was made in New Brunswick? There is an old Simms brush factory in Saint John.

 

I wish, I had more information on it, but many brush manufacturers left extremely limited information on their product. The best I could hope for is to find advertising regarding the brushes. many or the Rubberset brushes look the same as the Simms and I know Rubberset had a plant in Canada, but not sure exactly where.

 

I am from New Brunswick and I know Simms head office is still here although the factory has moved to Ontario and I believe they only manufacture paint brushes . I will dig deeper and let you know .

 

Thanks!

 

My maseto 30mm silvertip arrived this morning. Looking forward to using it!

 

Found at my local antique shop: an A1 Gillette Flare Tip, and a stoneware OS mug. It will most likely hold Arko.

 

Thanks for the information. You should tell them there in a resurgence of wet shaving and they should start producing them again.

 

The old factory was torn down about 5 years ago and everything moved to another province. They treated their workers with highest respect and it was a good place to work . The 4th or 5th generation of Simms is running it now .
Nobody supports local until they move away and everyone cries . Chinese are hard to compete with eg :Yaqi brushes .
I , myself will never own one but that's just my opinion. I will buy more hand made brushes from guys on here , even though pretty much all knots come from China. At least the handle will still give me that warm feeling every time I pick it up.

 

I used a DeFitch handle on a tech head from one that had a plastic handle, didn't like the weight. It turned out to be one of the best shaving razors I have. It is the handle from the first DeFitch razor that had problems with the quality of the head assembly. I paid like $5 for it and it came with 10 Treet blades, a pine box, and glass window on the box. I figured the handle alone was worth the price.

 

That's one of the reasons I restore ... one; I'm cheap and two; I like unique thing that not everyone has.

My wife ask if I was going to sell the Simms brush. I responded that I planned on restoring it first then deciding, but that could change as well.

 

That handle was from the second DeFitch razor.


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If you decide to sell it please let me know

 

Got it sorted, Feather blade loaded up.

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Happy days in the Fuzzyhood. Thanks to @PickledNorthern i get to try Sterling soaps. Top of the list is the Electric Sheep!!


I also got some goodies in from @sdguero. A Marvys brush and mug to go with my marvys mug and soap I already had..(I like a challenge) He also sent a Barburys synthetic brush to see what I thought and a soap from Sally's. We will see if we can make it all work!


Thanks guys for all the goodies to play with.

 

Ozark Mountain is one of my favorites, great scent!

 

That will come out to play veddy soon!!

 

Better Call Barbasol.

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Nice barbasol .