This could be the only brush you ever need :rofl Seriously-- This brush would be a good introductory brush for new wetshavers. It does great with soaps and creams, it's the perfect size to lather in a bowl or on your face. It's reasonably priced and well made. You wouldn't outgrow it for need of another brush, just for want of another brush. 22mm dia densely packed knot with a 50mm loft. Nice brush! Note: The 50mm loft is from Vintage Blades. Other retailers carry the same brush in a longer loft.
What a brush I really like this brush. The density creates a lather with soaps very well creams are so simplistic. This is a silver tip. Great for face lathering. It's a little pricy, but it's good.
I've used this brush since around November 2008. The Rooney 3, 1 with Super Silvertip bristle is a good brush if you want something that is very dense and very scrubby. Soft doesn't even belong in the same sentence as this brush. While it isn't scratchy, or prickly like a Pure bristle brush, the density and short loft make it very scrubby brush. You have to really push down on it to make the bristle "splay" out a bit so you can transfer the lather from brush to face and you can feel it pushing back at you the whole time. It doesn't have much bloom and if it isn't used for a couple of days it'll return to near factory form. Mine happen to be a shedder, but rather than return it like Classic Shaving offered, I decided to keep it. After runnnig a comb through it two times and a period of three or four months past it quit losing hair. It creates lather very quickly and does good with both soaps and creams like any good brush should. I don't like using it as a daily brush, but it's nice to have in the rotation for something different. Brushes are very subjective and each user views them differently. What luxury is to one person, isn't to the other. To me luxury is a soft, but not floppy brush. This one deffinatley passes the floppy test, but falls short in softness. EDIT: Oh yeah, I meant to add that it's been verified by Jim, the proprietor at Vintage Blades, that his brushes don't have a special loft size. They are the same no matter where you buy them.
