New Varlets

pork · 08-22-2019, 01:51 AM

For comparison...The new one (Gaslamp, on rt) behaves much differently than my beehive. The hair is from a different batch. The beehive has he equivalent of Declaration B6 hair. The new one doesn't gel as much and the loft is lower than the advertised 51mm (49mm on mine). The beehive was pretty much perfect out of the box. The Gaslamp, on the other hand, needs breaking in (much like my Black Eagle HT1).

Tester28 · 08-22-2019, 04:23 PM

He said that fro now on he's going to assign fixed knot sizes to each handle.
Mega is 29mm
Gaslamp is 27mm
What about beehive, ranger, orion and cauldron? H didn't mention a size for those....would they likely be 25mm?

pork · 08-22-2019, 07:29 PM

I hope not all of them are 25mm

Kehole · 08-22-2019, 08:37 PM

Orion was the only one he specified at 25mm

Tester28 · 08-23-2019, 07:01 AM

(08-22-2019, 08:37 PM)Kehole Wrote: Orion was the only one he specified at 25mm

how sad....Orion is probably his most unique shape and my favourite..

Kehole · 08-23-2019, 04:29 PM

(08-23-2019, 07:01 AM)Tester28 Wrote:
(08-22-2019, 08:37 PM)Kehole Wrote: Orion was the only one he specified at 25mm

how sad....Orion is probably his most unique shape and my favourite..

You can always be assured I will not be the guy sniping that shape from your cart

All yours.

He did say that there will always be exceptions.

reguyw_nothingtolose · 11-21-2019, 08:06 AM

Anyone grab something today? Got a Ranger Low-Light. Will be my first Varlet. Might sell/trade after a few uses depending on its characteristics compared to my Declarations.

Tester28 · 11-21-2019, 08:24 AM

(11-21-2019, 08:06 AM)reguyw_nothingtolose Wrote: Anyone grab something today? Got a Ranger Low-Light. Will be my first Varlet. Might sell/trade after a few uses depending on its characteristics compared to my Declarations.

nice brush...probably the best looking ones from any current maker.

pork · 11-21-2019, 12:24 PM

(11-21-2019, 08:06 AM)reguyw_nothingtolose Wrote: Anyone grab something today? Got a Ranger Low-Light. Will be my first Varlet. Might sell/trade after a few uses depending on its characteristics compared to my Declarations.

I got the same. You’ll be disappointed if you expect the knot to behave exactly like a DG brush. The quality is absolutely top notch, just different from DG, BE, etc. I like having a few of each. Beware, delivery can sometimes take longer than the estimate, but it is worth the wait.

pork · 11-21-2019, 12:31 PM

(11-21-2019, 08:24 AM)Tester28 Wrote:
(11-21-2019, 08:06 AM)reguyw_nothingtolose Wrote: Anyone grab something today? Got a Ranger Low-Light. Will be my first Varlet. Might sell/trade after a few uses depending on its characteristics compared to my Declarations.

nice brush...probably the best looking ones from any current maker.

I agree. Aldo has nailed the presentation end of things. There is no mistaking them for any other brushes. The shapes, packaging, website, etc. are all aesthetically linked. Very well thought out

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