BOCK brushes...

[TomH]

I've posted this also at B&B, sorry that I haven't posted it here at first...:ashamed001

There's a little family business here in Germany which produces shaving brushes with grey badger hair or silvertip called www.bock-pinsel.de .

I've bought both of them and have to say that they are worth the money.
The grey badger costs: 10,-Euro or converted > $13.50 USD and the silvertip costs: 20,-Euro or converted > ~$27.00 USD.

Here are some pics:

On the first pic you see the grey badger and the silvertip ion topview.
The second shows the comparison with a SMFII(Shavemac silvertip), left the grey badger, middle SMFII, right silvertip.
The third picture is a topview of the SMFII brush-left and the Bock silvertip-right.

[Mottern Man]

It is a great price, well worth looking into.

Danke, mein Freund

[crackstar]

Fabelhafter Pinsel, Tom--ich bin sehr beeindruckt, wirklich. Du hast ein tolle Rasierzeug, und hoffentlich, du bist stolz!

[TraderJoe]

Tom - those are some great-looking brushes. I like the wooden handles, they seem like a good size/shape.

I am in the market for a pure/best badger so I will most likely give the "grey badger" a shot :happy088

[Mottern Man]

Tom - those are some great-looking brushes. I like the wooden handles, they seem like a good size/shape.

I am in the market for a pure/best badger so I will most likely give the "grey badger" a shot :happy088

Good good

It is always nice to have more then one opinion before diving in, not that I need a brush, I just want one. :D

[herzi]

You need a second opinion? I have the silver tip, too. I am very satisfied with it. Especially at this pice you can't do anything wrong.

What Tom didn't mention is this. These small family business has also more expensive and better brushes. They only don't have them on their homepage.
You can read more here:
http://forum.nassrasur.com/showtopic.php?threadid=6084
I didn't know if I'm allowed to link the pictures in the link above. So I gave a link to the whole thread at nassrasur.com.

[Queen of Blades]

How do you order a brush? :confused:

My understanding of the German language is pretty rusty. :ashamed001

[PalmettoB]

They look like nice brushes, I just hate that the product page gives you a bunch of PDF files.

[herzi]

You can order them by eMail or on the phone. Perhaps you can make a group buy? If you can wait (I know you can't) I can collect orders for you after my two weeks holiday and send them to one of you.

[Smedley]

Oh, the temptation...must resist...must remember ridiculous Canadian shipping and customs fees...

[SSLSTudio...]

Oh, the temptation...must resist...must remember ridiculous Canadian shipping and customs fees...

hey did you pay any fees for the Anherb ? I dont think so we beat the system.
That doesnt mean Jeff is not letting them #$#%% called Customs get away with keeping the box extra 2 weeks at their place.

[Smedley]

hey did you pay any fees for the Anherb ? I dont think so we beat the system.
That doesnt mean Jeff is not letting them #$#%% called Customs get away with keeping the box extra 2 weeks at their place.

We don't pay customs internally. Just on cross-border shipments.

But a brush from Germany, that would be a lot of coin methinks. Still, they are very nice... :sad029

[herzi]

Back again. Group buy? You can send me your wishes per PM

[Queen of Blades]

Back again. Group buy? You can send me your wishes per PM

I'm waiting to hear how Joe likes his BOCK brush, Tom just sent him. :o

[TraderJoe]

I'm waiting to hear how Joe likes his BOCK brush, Tom just sent him. :o

Well......

This is one incredible brush.


Looks great
Very well made, great construction
Good size - fits in my razor/brush stand very nicely ;)
High quality badger hair, for a "grey" grade
What they say about German engineering is 100% true. This is quite a unique badger brush. It is of "grey" (pure?) grade, so the tips have a nice scrubbing action, but at the same time the hairs have a flex somewhat akin to a silvertip brush. It isn't dense, but it isn't loosely packed....its just right.

The closest comparison brush I have to this one is the C&E Best Badger, and the BOCK blows-it-out-of-the-water

Many thanks to my good friend Tom for making it possible for me to have this brush.

:happy088 :happy088 :happy088

[Mottern Man]

WTT Crabtree and Evelyn Best for BOCK! :D

[TraderJoe]

WTT Crabtree and Evelyn Best for BOCK! :D

You'll have to pry this BOCK out of my cold, dead, full-of-lather hands ;) :cool: ::

[Mottern Man]

You'll have to pry this BOCK out of my cold, dead, full-of-lather hands ;) :cool: ::

How SLICK is the lather.

Going to be hard to grip it with no thumb.

[Baloosh]

TJ's review seals it.

I gotta get me one of those grey badger brushes.

I smell a group buy!!!

[TraderJoe]

Going to be hard to grip it with no thumb.

How are you going to bust my thumbs, if yours are already busted :rofl

[TraderJoe]

TJ's review seals it.

I gotta get me one of those grey badger brushes.

I smell a group buy!!!

Please excuse me, if I wasn't so busy with other stuff, I would do a proper review with pics and all. That little blurb I put up there just doesn't even do this brush justice. :ashamed001

[Mottern Man]

http://www.rubinville.com/dailydave/uploaded_images/rocky2-769295.jpg

[Mottern Man]

TJ's review seals it.

I gotta get me one of those grey badger brushes.

I smell a group buy!!!

Yea that, and the Olivia's too.

[TraderJoe]

Yea that, and the Olivia's too.

I gotta get some more Olivia, this Marrakesh that Tom sent me is -> :drool:drool:drool

I don't know how to describe it, but if I had a bottle of cologne like this I would get a barrel of it and dip myself in it before I left the house everyday :cool:

[qhsdoitall]

I gotta get some more Olivia, this Marrakesh that Tom sent me is -> :drool:drool:drool

I don't know how to describe it, but if I had a bottle of cologne like this I would get a barrel of it and dip myself in it before I left the house everyday :cool:

:eek: :signs047 :signs113

[TraderJoe]

:eek: :signs047 :signs113


Did I mention that I would do the same with Aqua Velva ::

[Mottern Man]

Did I mention that I would do the same with Aqua Velva ::

I thought you have ::

[TraderJoe]

I thought you have ::

Close, you did make me O.D. that one day with the anherb + velva combo

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/eatdrink048.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

[Mottern Man]

Close, you did make me O.D. that one day with the anherb + velva combo

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/eatdrink048.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

21 shot salute.::

[qhsdoitall]

21 shot salute.::

I knew he had to be drinking that Aqua Velva. I just knew it. :D

[PalmettoB]

I went ahead and added the Bock website to the Shave Shopping Index. Now if I could just figure out how to order one. I used Babel Fish to translate, but I guess if you sent them an email with what you wanted, they could figure it out or would get back to you (?)

[herzi]

Via eMail. That's the way to order them. And I would mention the product number.

[Smedley]

AAAaaaaah. The peer pressure is too much. One of these brushes is in my future for sure now! ::

Thanks, Joe! Yer a great pal. :signs107

[PalmettoB]

Via eMail. That's the way to order them. And I would mention the product number.Cool. Thanks, Stefan.

[TraderJoe]

Thanks, Joe! Yer a great pal. :signs107

back-atcha bud ;)

[Bandg]

I sent a couple of e-mails and had no response. Anyone have a response? I figure it is language barrier, as I don't know german. :confused:Regards, Bradley

[herzi]

I don't think it's a language barrier. How long did you wait? It can last some time to get an answer.
Without german language it could be very difficult to order via phone. An older woman, which might be the mother of the manufacturer, is answering and I don't think she is able to speak english

[Bandg]

Stefan: I sent two e-mails about 2 weeks ago. There has been a post on smf that Bock doesn't seem to answer e-mail. So far, I concur. Regards, Bradley

[DragonBoy]

I too sent a mail to them for a few weeks ago.. No answer.. I did write in english as well.. Strange..

[moviemaniac]

Stefan: I sent two e-mails about 2 weeks ago. There has been a post on smf that Bock doesn't seem to answer e-mail. So far, I concur. Regards, Bradley
When I mailed them I dodn't get a response either. But I did get the ordered goods two weeks afterwards :D

[qhsdoitall]

When I mailed them I dodn't get a response either. But I did get the ordered goods two weeks afterwards :D

That may be OK for some people but I would not put that action high on my customer service rating. Understandably, language barriers do create some difficulties.

[herzi]

Understandably, language barriers do create some difficulties.

Yes, Klaus is an Austrian :rofl

[PalmettoB]

That would do it. :D

[qhsdoitall]

Yes, Klaus is an Austrian :rofl

Don't pick on him. He can't help it he's Austrian. :D

[Smedley]

My next brush will be either a Shavemac or these guys. Based on what I've been reading, Shavemac seems like the safer (and a bit pricier) way to go.