(This post was last modified: 11-17-2017, 03:53 PM by Marko.)
Yup, I was looking on Twitter an hour ago and saw your "tweet" that you had brushes in stock. This is my lucky day thinks I (naively) so I follow the link to your site and yes, there they are a bunch of lovely brushes all showing in stock. I quickly scan, finger shaking a bit a this point and see one I like, put it into the cart and click the paypal checkout...YES! Or more accurately, NO! After logging in to paypal and almost home free...... I am abruptly informed that the item doesn't ship to Canada. Bummer. Oh well, I really didn't need another shaving brush.
I know this subject has been talked to death but seriously, the US "prohibition" on exporting badger brushes has to be one of the silliest laws on the books.* The bristles are imported into the US from China for crying out loud. I would expect that a one way flow of badger bristle into the US without any ability to export it out will lead to an oversupply of badger bristle and brush prices should drop. Good for the consumers but bad for the brush makers. Add into the mix that not all brush makers / Vendors observe the rules and it makes for a frustrating experience if you live ex US and want to buy some of these items. I for one want no part of the whole broker / forwarder scene either, it just jacks the cost of non-essential items.
I guess I should thank fate in the form of the US government for forcing me to exercise the restraint that I seem unable to do on my own!
amor fati
* In case anybody thinks me unfair, I consider the many regulations of most governments to be silly. They often start with a seed of a good rationale but then are thoughtlessly applied across the board without consideration of consequences.