Shedding Simpson Chubby 2 Best

Bernd at Shavemac will reknot it. Fire him and email and I'm sure he will help. Best knots out there imo.

Bernd at Shavemac will reknot it. Fire him and email and I'm sure he will help. Best knots out there imo.

Do you know what a Shavemac Chubby sized knot would cost?

Bernd at Shavemac will reknot it. Fire him and email and I'm sure he will help. Best knots out there imo.

Do you know what a Shavemac Chubby sized knot would cost?

No but in sure it will be cheaper than a Simpson reknot!

Bernd at Shavemac will reknot it. Fire him and email and I'm sure he will help. Best knots out there imo.

Do you know what a Shavemac Chubby sized knot would cost?

No but in sure it will be cheaper than a Simpson reknot!

http://www.shavemac.com/products/Experts...ELECT.html

Do you know what a Shavemac Chubby sized knot would cost?

No but in sure it will be cheaper than a Simpson reknot!

http://www.shavemac.com/products/Experts...ELECT.html

As I said I'm certain it's less than a Simpson knot.

Would it be possible to maybe jam some cyano acrylate as deep down in the knot base as possible and try to re-glue the loosened hairs?
Sure, it could ruin the knot or just add a glue bump increasing the backbone. But if the knot is being destroyed anyhow, I would consider at least trying to save it first. Anyone ever tried this?
Otherwise I second the recommendations of TGN, and also suggest their 2-band as their 3-band might not have sufficient backbone for a Chubby.

I'm sending it to Rod Neep to re knot for me, so the bullet has been biten!

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First of all you did not mention how long the other owner owned it or how many times they used it. And, of course the same question applies to you. The other issue is what kind of care the prior owner afforded it. I purchased a new Chubby 2 in best a couple of years ago. I was concerned because it also shed for almost a year. Not a lot of hairs generally around two. This brush was not used every day as it is in my rotation. I take very good care of my brushes and was concerned. I wrote Mark at Simpsons and asked why. His explanation made sense and he was right. The brush is one of the most dense made which can cause the shedding. Believe it or not within days the shedding stopped. While I can not give you advice the above may shed (no pun intended) some light on your issue.

I am sure the following will cause some controversy but I would never purchase a used brush. You either never know who owned before, how it was treated or is the knot the original one. I have heard several horror stories regarding used brushes on several blogs.

First of all you did not mention how long the other owner owned it or how many times they used it.  And, of course the same question applies to you.  The other issue is what kind of care the prior owner afforded it.  I purchased a new Chubby 2 in best a couple of years ago.  I was concerned because it also shed for almost a year.  Not a lot of hairs generally around two.  This brush was not used every day as it is in my rotation.  I take very good care of my brushes and was concerned.  I wrote Mark at Simpsons and asked why.  His explanation made sense and he was right.  The brush is one of the most dense made which can cause the shedding.  Believe it or not within days the shedding stopped.  While I can not give you advice the above may shed (no pun intended) some light on your issue.  

I am sure the following will cause some controversy but I would never purchase a used brush.  You either never know who owned before, how it was treated or is the knot the original one.  I have heard several horror stories regarding used brushes on several blogs.

There is at least one owner before the guy whom I bought it from. When he bought it , it was an ebay buy and the seller claimed it had only been lightly used. However when he received it it shed dozens upon dozens of bristles per shave. so there really is no way of knowing how often it was used or how reasonably it was used as the seller told the original buyer that it was normal for such a dense brush and never returned any more correspondence after that.
The person I bought it from couldn't use it more than a few times as the hair loss was so comprehensive. He managed to get his money back via PayPal hence why he sold it as a re knot project brush and priced it appropriately as the history of the brush was well known on the TSR forum.I lathered it a few times and used it a handful of times. My hunch is that the ebay seller or whomever actually used it initially did not rinse the knot out or dry it properly allowing soap to build up in the base of the knot loosening the glue and hairs causing the subsequent shedding of biblical proportions!

I have owned a Chubby 2 Best and a Chubby 1 Super in the past and aside from a bristle or two after the first use they were bulletproof and did not shed a single hair. It was always going to be a project for me or a send out re knot that could do it justice. I was just shocked at just how many hairs would shed during a lather or after drying, it was literally dozens of bristles with each stroke of the knot. I believe a guy like Rod Neep will do a first class job done on it.

My hunch is that the ebay seller or whomever actually used it initially did not rinse the knot out or dry it properly allowing soap to build up in the base of the knot loosening the glue and hairs causing the subsequent shedding of biblical proportions!

I have and love a CH2 in Best; many don't like the knot but if you love a bit of scritch and the rough stuff, it is superb. When I got mine it shed like nobody's business but it was clearly a by product of the density and eventually settled down into what for me is a fantastic brush after only a handful of shaves.

I would also suspect in this case that it possible the original owner was soaking or rinsing the brush in extremely hot water which may have contributed to breaking the knot down per your description of the shed.

Regardless, happy that you found a solution and in fact you may likely end up with an even better brush as a result!

Keep us posted!