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drP
10-04-2007, 05:05 PM
For those members who do not visit the other two wetshaving forums in the USA (yes, they exist!) i thought to post this over here for drooling a little bit....;)

Recently i found this antique beauty; what can i say more about it? These pictures say more than a page full of text.


Measures: 13,5 cm total height, 7,5 cm handle height, 6 cm loft height, 28 mm knot diameter.

Enjoy....! :wink:

http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10029/holygrail04102007_014_thumb.jpg

http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10029/holygrail04102007_015_thumb.jpg

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http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10029/holygrail04102007_021_thumb.jpg

http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10029/holygrail04102007_005_thumb.jpg

http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10029/holygrail04102007_006_thumb.jpg

http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10029/holygrail04102007_008_thumb.jpg

http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10029/holygrail04102007_012_thumb.jpg

http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10029/holygrail04102007_013_thumb.jpg

http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10029/holygrail04102007_022_thumb.jpg
Sailinblues
10-04-2007, 05:21 PM
That is an incredible brush! Congratulations. Do you have any idea of her age?
Bronco
10-04-2007, 05:28 PM
It sure is purty and with the decal too!
TraderJoe
10-04-2007, 05:29 PM
:whacky084

:drool:drool:drool

Oh yeah, I would definitely shave with that!!!!1
Sejanus
10-04-2007, 05:40 PM
Niiiiice!
msandoval858
10-04-2007, 05:42 PM
:eek:

WOW...

I gotta get me one of those!
Mottern Man
10-04-2007, 05:59 PM
Clean up, aisle 4 :o
xChris
10-04-2007, 06:14 PM
Gorgeous brush -- I'd definitely put that into rotation!
desmoface
10-04-2007, 10:00 PM
Wow, thats a nice lookin brush.

Steve
IsaacRN
10-04-2007, 10:33 PM
When do we start the pass around
Baloosh
10-04-2007, 10:46 PM
When do we start the pass around

I call first dibs!!! :drool
mrcleanhead
10-05-2007, 11:17 AM
Can I buy it before you put it on ebay? :drool

Oh geez Peter I should've known it was yours! Had I not been overwhelmed by the pics I would have looked more closely at who posted.

John
drP
10-05-2007, 04:27 PM
Guys,

i'm very pleased with your comments. Mike, í can scan it for ya, so you can hang a picture of it in your bathroom to drool over....:D

Needless to say i'm utterly happy with this new acquisition....but i still dunno wether i'm gonna use it or not......
drP
10-05-2007, 04:28 PM
Can I buy it before you put it on ebay? :drool



Do you want to get bankrupt or what....:D
msandoval858
10-05-2007, 04:48 PM
Guys,

i'm very pleased with your comments. Mike, í can scan it for ya, so you can hang a picture of it in your bathroom to drool over....:D

Needless to say i'm utterly happy with this new acquisition....but i still dunno wether i'm gonna use it or not......

Peter...

I hate you.

;)
Padron
10-05-2007, 08:45 PM
Beautiful brush Peter, you have to use it though :D as least once anyway ;)
PalmettoB
10-05-2007, 10:14 PM
We appreciate your torturing us with such a horrific sight. :p Thanks for the pics...that really is a beaut.
drP
10-07-2007, 05:34 PM
A short report after using this brush once: the bristles are very soft but have a strange property which i've felt more often in old/antique (used) brushes but also in my Plissons HMW #20: the bristles are neither flexible nof resilient but seem to have sort of a "memory effect" in them: if you push the loft to one side, it stays more or less in that direction, even stronger when it's wet. I can see this effect only in my two Plissons HMW #20....very strange phenomenon...but not unpleasant imo...

As for the lather building capacity of this old ivory Simpson: just as good as my other brushes, not worser, not better, just plain good.
The loft is very soft to the skin, yet doesn't splay out a lot since it's filled very densely and abundantly with super/silvertip badger.

But the handle is a class of its own......very heavy, extremely well balanced and very ergonomic to hold while building the lather, while lathering up on your face and even while shaking the brush dry.

But the X-factor of this brush is to know that your shaving with an icon of a bygone era.....