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Recently I won an Ebay auction of a Gibbs 210 brush, which was an antique brush I've seen several times on the forums and was really fond of it's unique handle shape! Being more of a badger fan I didn't really care for the boar bristles it came with so I was lucky to find an auction with a very cheap price+postage on account of the bristles being is such bad state! Here are some pictures of the brush as I've received it:
The handle was in worst condition that it seemed on the seller's pictures, a lot of plate lost, and being hollow it was a lot lighter than I'd imagined!
After hearing great praises on our very on brush artist's beejay, I contacted him regarding a new badger knot and restore of the brush. Luckily he was available, and trough excellent communication and a bit of a mind reader's talent he understood want I wanted even better than myself! The result was nothing short of fantastic! Here are some commented pictures he sent me of different stages of his talented work:
We finally opted for a 20mm two band badger knot, set at 47mm and he filled the handle to give it more weight and heft, and this was the last picture he sent me:
The arrived at my eager hands last Monday, has used yesterday, and was better than I ever taught it would! Soft tips, good backbone, an excellent face feel, produced lather effortlessly and enough for three passes (and than some). I honestly never expected to love it so much as I'm a bit of a 24mm knot snob!
So, here are a couple of more brush porn pictures:
And my Shave of the Day width it:
I just want to thank Master Bill for his wonderful work and for allowing me to have this very unique brush!
The handle was in worst condition that it seemed on the seller's pictures, a lot of plate lost, and being hollow it was a lot lighter than I'd imagined!
After hearing great praises on our very on brush artist's beejay, I contacted him regarding a new badger knot and restore of the brush. Luckily he was available, and trough excellent communication and a bit of a mind reader's talent he understood want I wanted even better than myself! The result was nothing short of fantastic! Here are some commented pictures he sent me of different stages of his talented work:
We finally opted for a 20mm two band badger knot, set at 47mm and he filled the handle to give it more weight and heft, and this was the last picture he sent me:
The arrived at my eager hands last Monday, has used yesterday, and was better than I ever taught it would! Soft tips, good backbone, an excellent face feel, produced lather effortlessly and enough for three passes (and than some). I honestly never expected to love it so much as I'm a bit of a 24mm knot snob!
So, here are a couple of more brush porn pictures:
And my Shave of the Day width it:
I just want to thank Master Bill for his wonderful work and for allowing me to have this very unique brush!
