My Simpson polo 14 quest now finally complete

[inspectoring]

For longest time I wanted polo 14 in Manchurian - and I am Gracie an opportunity to own one.

So here is a comparison of polo best and polo 14 manchurian
I meant to post the pics before the first shave but I simply could not help it.

Curiously- the Manchurian polo 14 is bigger than polo 14 in best in size and girth.

This pic is after 3-4 test lathered- initially I was not sure about the handle but in person , the combination of various shades of butterscotch and yellow and orange color with white - is simply georgeous.

Lathering is simply a joy.
I almost always face lather and I had no problems.

My next project is to create a replica of another large brush - emillion 3. I am thinking of cracking open my chubby 3 to use that knot, but we will see.

I post to share and encourage others to not be afraid to use larger brushes.

 

[ajkel64]

Very nice brushes. Congratulations on the acquisition. Enjoy the lathering.

 

[Rudy Vey]

For longest time I wanted polo 14 in Manchurian - and I am Gracie an opportunity to own one.

So here is a comparison of polo best and polo 14 manchurian
I meant to post the pics before the first shave but I simply could not help it.

Curiously- the Manchurian polo 14 is bigger than polo 14 in best in size and girth.

This pic is after 3-4 test lathered- initially I was not sure about the handle but in person , the combination of various shades of butterscotch and yellow and orange color with white - is simply georgeous.

Lathering is simply a joy.
I almost always face lather and I had no problems.

My next project is to create a replica of another large brush - emillion 3. I am thinking of cracking open my chubby 3 to use that knot, but we will see.

I post to share and encourage others to not be afraid to use larger brushes.


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Looks like they updated, i.e. modernized the shape. I like the new shape.

 

[Boti2634]

For longest time I wanted polo 14 in Manchurian - and I am Gracie an opportunity to own one.

So here is a comparison of polo best and polo 14 manchurian
I meant to post the pics before the first shave but I simply could not help it.

Curiously- the Manchurian polo 14 is bigger than polo 14 in best in size and girth.

This pic is after 3-4 test lathered- initially I was not sure about the handle but in person , the combination of various shades of butterscotch and yellow and orange color with white - is simply georgeous.

Lathering is simply a joy.
I almost always face lather and I had no problems.

My next project is to create a replica of another large brush - emillion 3. I am thinking of cracking open my chubby 3 to use that knot, but we will see.

I post to share and encourage others to not be afraid to use larger brushes.


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Beautiful brushes, sir! Congratulations!

 

[purecro]

Those are some beautiful brushes! Happy for you that you found what you were looking for.

 

[linty1]

Looks beautiful, enjoy!

 

[dmshaver]

Beautiful brushes, congratulations on your acquisition! Please keep us updated on your emillion 3 project.

 

[rsp1202]

My next project is to create a replica of another large brush - emillion 3. I am thinking of cracking open my chubby 3 to use that knot, but we will see.

The Emillion was my favorite old Rooney, so it'd be nice to see a modern version.

 

[inspectoring]

Thank you

 

[inspectoring]

do you have exact dimensions of emillion 3?

 

[BigJ]

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Nice brushes. Thanks for showing them, @inspectoring. Simpson makes some interesting brushes.

My largest brush is also a Polo, but a Polo 12.

⇡ Broken in some ⇡ Brand new ⇢​

My custom made Polo 12 has a handle made by Rudy Vey and a 29 mm extra dense Mozingo ZT4 Manchurian knot. I like it very much and certainly understand the whole huge Polo thing.

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[inspectoring]

Nice brushes. Thanks for showing them, @inspectoring. Simpson makes some interesting brushes.

My largest brush is also a Polo, but a Polo 12.

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My custom made Polo 12 has a handle made by Rudy Vey and a 29 mm extra dense Mozingo ZT4 Manchurian knot. I like it very much and certainly understand the whole huge Polo thing.

Happy shaves,

Jim

Thank you Jim for that - it looks very nice - I love large brushes. They are very easy to load if you have the right soap container- I have a 6 inch diameter in my container so that makes it extremely easy and fast to load up the brush.

 

[Filudo]

I love it for head lathering.....and from my badgers, one of the few I can then proceed to the face without needing to reload.....
It's great!!

 

[BigAlVista]

Just received a Polo14 Manchurian with faux Jade handle this weekend and broke it in this morning. If I were 7ft tall with a 70" chest and bear paws for hands, it would be an "11" out of "10". Knot Quality...Excellent. Scritch...just right. Backbone... I could do push-ups on it. Density... May be a bit too dense as it holds the lather pretty tightly, but totally usable.

The biggest challenge is that my wife will see it! "Honey, what is this elephant brush doing here?...did you dust buy another shaving brush? What was wrong with the other 6 (I actually have 8...ssshhh)?

Honestly though, a true work of art. I think it may need a smaller brother in a Polo12...