New Stirling Finest Badger!

Whatever badger you release, I'll buy it :-)

This!!!

I'm just curious Rod, and if you can't say that's fine....would we get an idea of who makes the knots (or perhaps the whole brush) in at least this Finest?

I forgot about that. Yeah, here's a picture of those. Left is the Kong, Li'l Brudder on the right, a silvertip that I'm probably not going to do second from the right, and the dense 26mm 2-band second from the left.

That’s the photo (nice background, by the way), and that 26 mm two-band is really something to behold! I’m a synthetic guy, but I’d snap that one up, nevertheless.

I love the background. That's my front yard. :-)

I'm just curious Rod, and if you can't say that's fine....would we get an idea of who makes the knots (or perhaps the whole brush) in at least this Finest?

I have two companies. One who supplies the less dense model that I currently carry, and one who will be supplying the more dense in the picture. I have spent a couple thousand buying samples from 11 different companies now to find knots that were in my price range and I was comfortable putting on the market with my name attached, so please understand that I'd rather not say. Im sure just like what happened with the Kong synthetic, if these become really popular the big boys will come in and it will be well known where the knots are sourced.

ezlovan   I can't wait for your next badger release.  This brush that I got from you has given a run to some of my most expensive brushes.  Is plain lovely!

I'm just curious Rod, and if you can't say that's fine....would we get an idea of who makes the knots (or perhaps the whole brush) in at least this Finest?

I have two companies. One who supplies the less dense model that I currently carry, and one who will be supplying the more dense in the picture. I have spent a couple thousand buying samples from 11 different companies now to find knots that were in my price range and I was comfortable putting on the market with my name attached, so please understand that I'd rather not say. Im sure just like what happened with the Kong synthetic, if these become really popular the big boys will come in and it will be well known where the knots are sourced.

I completely understand. I probably shouldn't have even asked in a public forum. My apologies!

I'm just curious Rod, and if you can't say that's fine....would we get an idea of who makes the knots (or perhaps the whole brush) in at least this Finest?

I have two companies. One who supplies the less dense model that I currently carry, and one who will be supplying the more dense in the picture. I have spent a couple thousand buying samples from 11 different companies now to find knots that were in my price range and I was comfortable putting on the market with my name attached, so please understand that I'd rather not say. Im sure just like what happened with the Kong synthetic, if these become really popular the big boys will come in and it will be well known where the knots are sourced.

I completely understand. I probably shouldn't have even asked in a public forum. My apologies!

No worries! :-)

ezlovan   I can't wait for your next badger release.  This brush that I got from you has given a run to some of my most expensive brushes.  Is plain lovely!

Thanks, and thanks for posting the review!

Well, I think I speak for all in this thread, Rod. We'll do our part to try to make people aware of this brush.

I am very satisfied with it, and it has a place in my regular rotation. I used a Chubby 2 in best today, so the next shave will be with the Finest. if the price point alone would determine how "good" a brush is, then you would think this would be an unfair act to follow.....then why am I looking forward to using the Finest more so than the CH2?

good luck with the new badger, ezlovan!