best Simpsons brush
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RE: best simspons brush
If you don't know what to buy, just buy a Duke II or III, depending on your budget. If the budget is admirable, you can look at the silvertip versions.
If you don't know what to buy, just buy a Duke II or III, depending on your budget. If the budget is admirable, you can look at the silvertip versions.
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The Colonel is a decent brush for bowl lathering and not too costly.
The Colonel is a decent brush for bowl lathering and not too costly.
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I have a Duke 2 in Best, it's a very good brush for face lathering. It's the smallest of my three brushes.
I have a Duke 2 in Best, it's a very good brush for face lathering. It's the smallest of my three brushes.
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best simspons brush
I have two Simpsons, a B1, a traveling brush as is small, and a M ilk Churn, where the handle is perhaps a little too big at the knot end for bowl lathering. So you can rule out them two.
I have two Simpsons, a B1, a traveling brush as is small, and a M ilk Churn, where the handle is perhaps a little too big at the knot end for bowl lathering. So you can rule out them two.
RE: best simspons brush
I have the Case, Commodore X3, Duke 2 and Chubby 2 in Best and the Tulip 1 and Emperor 1 in Super. It really depends on what you want to spend. The cost affective option for bowl lathering would be a Colonel X2L or a Commodore. If you wanted to spend some serious money I would go for the Tulip 2.
You really can't go wrong with any Simpson in my opinion, but if I where you I would get the Colonel.
I have the Case, Commodore X3, Duke 2 and Chubby 2 in Best and the Tulip 1 and Emperor 1 in Super. It really depends on what you want to spend. The cost affective option for bowl lathering would be a Colonel X2L or a Commodore. If you wanted to spend some serious money I would go for the Tulip 2.
You really can't go wrong with any Simpson in my opinion, but if I where you I would get the Colonel.
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Have been using several original Simpson brushes for almost 50 years now, and they are superb. However, bought a Duke 2 in Best a couple of years ago following the Vulfix takeover, and it has been very disappointing. After a few shaves and the bristles began to bloom, I noticed that the knot was uneven and lopsided, and it has not stopped shedding at an alarming rate. I initially took it back to the shop where I had bought it, and they returned it to Vulfix, who said that it hadn't been cleaned properly and just sent it back to me. Having always looked after my brushes meticulously, and never having had a shedding problem with any of them, I felt their response was just a cop out, and not what one would expect. I have read about this problem with the Vulfix Simpsons on several shaving forums, and interestingly, the shop, which used to carry the Simpson range, no longer stocks them. I just feel that the once proud and reliable name of Simpson is being let down a bit.
Have been using several original Simpson brushes for almost 50 years now, and they are superb. However, bought a Duke 2 in Best a couple of years ago following the Vulfix takeover, and it has been very disappointing. After a few shaves and the bristles began to bloom, I noticed that the knot was uneven and lopsided, and it has not stopped shedding at an alarming rate. I initially took it back to the shop where I had bought it, and they returned it to Vulfix, who said that it hadn't been cleaned properly and just sent it back to me. Having always looked after my brushes meticulously, and never having had a shedding problem with any of them, I felt their response was just a cop out, and not what one would expect. I have read about this problem with the Vulfix Simpsons on several shaving forums, and interestingly, the shop, which used to carry the Simpson range, no longer stocks them. I just feel that the once proud and reliable name of Simpson is being let down a bit.