Well, I hope all of you are happy now, cause I just ordered a white-handled '49 from the guy on Evilbay- and you're all to blame, every one of you! Yup, not my fault, nosirree, y'all made me do it, yeah, that's the ticket... That's gonna kick me up to 7 brushes. I can almost justify that, one for each day of the week. :happy102 I got BAD bad, I tell ya!
Just go ahead and order yourself a nice display case for those six other brushes cuz you're gonna find your self shaving with them less and less after that sweet '49 gets in your hot little hands.
Got a friend started off with a Red 49 and it has been gonig well. Bastard is shaving better than I am now!
My first 49 was white and now I have a black one too; they sit side-by-side on the bathroom, err, I mean shave den shelf like salt & pepper shakers. I alternate from one to the other to allow proper drying of the brushs between shaves.
Omega 10098 If you want an embossed handle get Omega 10098. A couple of barber supply type stores on EBay have it cheap if one does not mind three week shipping. It's available on Giovanni's web site when he's back in action.