January 2018

Thäter Beehive Boar to join the family...

One of these things is not like the others - do you think the badgers will let the boar into the club?

Congratulations. Great blades.

Thäter Beehive Boar to join the family...

One of these things is not like the others - do you think the badgers will let the boar into the club?

The Badgers have the Boar surrounded. They'll play well in the sandbox together as long as Porky knows his/her place.

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What's the Manchurian measure out of the handle at actually?

It looks so narrow. They used to be beefier. Seems like the stepped them down from 25 to 21.

Beautiful pair there.

life2short1971 brush.

I'm stunned. The knot and handle are amazing.

Lovely handle on that brush, Todd.

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What's the Manchurian measure out of the handle at actually?

It looks so narrow. They used to be beefier. Seems like the stepped them down from 25 to 21.

Beautiful pair there.

bakerbarber I don’t have calipers, but the site says 23mm. I don’t own any older M7 brushes, so I wouldn’t know how they compare to old stock. When I put them side bye side with my Simpson Captain 2’s (which are supposed to be 25mm) they look identical to me. May have something to do with the fan shape when they bloom, I don’t know. I have four Captain’s and three M7’s, all in Manchurian, and I love how they perform. They lather with the best of them, have plenty of backbone, have soft tips, and to me they give up the lather better than any other knot I own. All of my other Simpson knots have bloomed beautifully and due to the fan shaped knots feel larger to me in use than they actually are. I’m looking forward to breaking this one in!