Best knot from Declaration Grooming vs The Varlet vs Black Eagle vs Mozingo?

Ok, back to best brushes and knots so that we can keep the crazies from taking this thread down a hole. Best knots for me are Rhodium. I think I now own 15 in various handles and have another 7 over in Australia right now being knotted. Yes it takes a while to get them back but I have never seen anyone that takes the time and effort that Srdjan makes with his knotting services. I recently tried Milton’s knots from Turn N Shave and they are outstanding! I have an M1 and M2 in 28mm and I give the nod to the M2. I have another 26mm M2 and 28mm M1 on the way. I have owned 4-5 Declaration handles and knots and tried several different versions and the best for me is my B6 and my latest B11. I have 2 Mozingo ZT3 knots and they are outstanding. The most beautiful all around brushes I have are my Varlet brush with 32XD knot, my Leo Frilot handles with 30mm Rhodium knots and my various titanium handles with Rhodium, TurnNShave and DG knots in 28, 29 and 30mm. I am a knot snob so I really assess the knots I am ordering and really do a thorough wash and test when I receive them. Let’s not forget about ShaveMac D01 knots either. I have one 27 Unique and 2 more on the way in 28 and 30mm.


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Sounds like you need an intervention my man. We will wait til after you mail my 32mm Rhodium.....but it's coming!

You know it my man!!


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Ok, back to best brushes and knots so that we can keep the crazies from taking this thread down a hole. Best knots for me are Rhodium. I think I now own 15 in various handles and have another 7 over in Australia right now being knotted. Yes it takes a while to get them back but I have never seen anyone that takes the time and effort that Srdjan makes with his knotting services. I recently tried Milton’s knots from Turn N Shave and they are outstanding! I have an M1 and M2 in 28mm and I give the nod to the M2. I have another 26mm M2 and 28mm M1 on the way. I have owned 4-5 Declaration handles and knots and tried several different versions and the best for me is my B6 and my latest B11. I have 2 Mozingo ZT3 knots and they are outstanding. The most beautiful all around brushes I have are my Varlet brush with 32XD knot, my Leo Frilot handles with 30mm Rhodium knots and my various titanium handles with Rhodium, TurnNShave and DG knots in 28, 29 and 30mm. I am a knot snob so I really assess the knots I am ordering and really do a thorough wash and test when I receive them. Let’s not forget about ShaveMac D01 knots either. I have one 27 Unique and 2 more on the way in 28 and 30mm.


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Any chance that you'll post a group picture?

I was going to wait until I get my 2 ShaveMac knotted brushes back and then I will post a top 20 brushes post on IG. I’ll post the link here. Apparently the ShaveMac knots may be lost in the mail. Rudy Vey ordered several for some customers and we are all waiting to get our brushes back. Rudy is keeping all of us informed of the situation.


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Ok, back to best brushes and knots so that we can keep the crazies from taking this thread down a hole. Best knots for me are Rhodium. I think I now own 15 in various handles and have another 7 over in Australia right now being knotted. Yes it takes a while to get them back but I have never seen anyone that takes the time and effort that Srdjan makes with his knotting services. I recently tried Milton’s knots from Turn N Shave and they are outstanding! I have an M1 and M2 in 28mm and I give the nod to the M2. I have another 26mm M2 and 28mm M1 on the way. I have owned 4-5 Declaration handles and knots and tried several different versions and the best for me is my B6 and my latest B11. I have 2 Mozingo ZT3 knots and they are outstanding. The most beautiful all around brushes I have are my Varlet brush with 32XD knot, my Leo Frilot handles with 30mm Rhodium knots and my various titanium handles with Rhodium, TurnNShave and DG knots in 28, 29 and 30mm. I am a knot snob so I really assess the knots I am ordering and really do a thorough wash and test when I receive them. Let’s not forget about ShaveMac D01 knots either. I have one 27 Unique and 2 more on the way in 28 and 30mm.


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Any chance that you'll post a group picture?

I was going to wait until I get my 2 ShaveMac knotted brushes back and then I will post a top 20 brushes post on IG. I’ll post the link here. Apparently the ShaveMac knots may be lost in the mail. Rudy Vey ordered several for some customers and we are all waiting to get our brushes back. Rudy is keeping all of us informed of the situation.


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I hope they are not lost. FEDEX just cannot get stuff done. They are tomorrow 3 weeks here in the US and in customs clearance. Have spoken several times, guess now 7 or 8 times with FEDEX, but these people are just not helping. Have twice provided proof that I have a valid import permit. Just again last week, I think Thursday or Friday they finally send me an email and asked for more info for Fish and Wildlife. It was always a problem with FEDEX, even that I have sent a copy of my permit to Shavemac and they put it with the shipping papers. Just hope they get finally released coming week.

Any chance that you'll post a group picture?

I was going to wait until I get my 2 ShaveMac knotted brushes back and then I will post a top 20 brushes post on IG. I’ll post the link here. Apparently the ShaveMac knots may be lost in the mail. Rudy Vey ordered several for some customers and we are all waiting to get our brushes back. Rudy is keeping all of us informed of the situation.


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I hope they are not lost. FEDEX just cannot get stuff done. They are tomorrow 3 weeks here in the US and in customs clearance. Have spoken several times, guess now 7 or 8 times with FEDEX, but these people are just not helping. Have twice provided proof that I have a valid import permit. Just again last week, I think Thursday or Friday they finally send me an email and asked for more info for Fish and Wildlife. It was always a problem with FEDEX, even that I have sent a copy of my permit to Shavemac and they put it with the shipping papers. Just hope they get finally released coming week.

Yeah man, we know it’s not your fault. Shipping anything these days turns in to a fiasco!!


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I have a question. Is there any difference between Zt2 and ZT3?

Here are my top 10. All except 1 have hand tied knots in them. These are not ranked by knot but by the overall brush (handle&knot).




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george1906 can you name all those pls?

george1906 can you name all those pls?

1st pic
1) The Varlet
2) Marley Machine Works with TurnNShave M2
3) Leo Frilot with Mozingo ZT3
4) Elite Shaving with Rhodium
5) Leo Frilot with ShaveMac D01
2nd pic
1) Leo Frilot with Rhodium
2) ShaveMac with D01
3) Elite Shaving with Oumo Hook
4) Stork Razors with Rhodium
5) Alpha Shaving with Rhodium


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Here are my top 10. All except 1 have hand tied knots in them. These are not ranked by knot but by the overall brush (handle&knot).




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Dang son....that is an awesome lineup. Love the Rubberset 400s and now that I look at them all...several of the the ones that aren't 400s resemble them.

Did the 400 kick in your love of tall handles because all of your customs are extra tall?

Here are my top 10. All except 1 have hand tied knots in them. These are not ranked by knot but by the overall brush (handle&knot).




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Dang son....that is an awesome lineup. Love the Rubberset 400s and now that I look at them all...several of the the ones that aren't 400s resemble them.

Did the 400 kick in your love of tall handles because all of your customs are extra tall?

Yep, you are correct about my love for taller handles. Some of my first handles were Rubberset variations. I have realized that my preference is no shorter than 65mm.


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