I'm surprised the description for this brush says the hair is Silvertip. It doesn't look like it to me. What am I missing here? If that's Silvertip, it's the best deal in brush-dom. Too bad they don't list the loft, either.
-Andy
-Andy
I'm surprised the description for this brush says the hair is Silvertip. It doesn't look like it to me. What am I missing here? If that's Silvertip, it's the best deal in brush-dom. Too bad they don't list the loft, either.
-Andy
No kidding. That price doesn't really compute, if the comparables are Shavemac, Rooney and Simpson. Maybe they're more of a small custom shop a la Penworks.
It's gotta be the mfg taking liberties with the classifications/terminology.
All the Thater brushes on the SRD page that are called "Finest" Silvertip are +$100 and are lighter in appearance.
The 2 Thater brushes that are listed for $42.99 are referred to as "Fine" Silvertip and are noticeably darker in appearance. Looks more like something Rooney or Edwin Jagger would call "Pure"
Looked them up on a german site, those brushes are described as " finer dachs" not silvertip
Which makes me believe this is the seller's designation, not the maker's. Bandying about the term "Silvertip" is misleading marketing in this case, imo.
-Andy
Probably just an oversight on the website that every brush says "silvertip" at the end of the description. The brush in question clearly says "grey" in the title. I don't think they are trying to pull a fast one...
Doesn't silver tip refer to the tips of the hairs having softer split ends rather than just the color? This is the way Ive always taken it. If you just go by color, you can end up with stiffer, solid ends with just a lighter color. A lower grade of hair IMO.
Badger hair tips don't split. They shouldn't, anyway. Boar bristle tips do split, but boar hair isn't graded, as far as I know.
Regarding badger hair, it's predominantly color and softness of tips (among other qualities) that determine hair grade.
-Andy
Don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but I had purchased 2 H L Thater shave brushes-not sure if they were finest badger or st-from Bigelow's in NYC for about $70-78 apiece. One had an ebony handle while the other an clear and ebony handle. They both shed like crazy! I don't use them but if I rub over them, bristles still come out. I wasn't sure of the brand until I saw them for sale at Straight Razor design. COuld have been a bad batch made, I don't know, but after that expensive bad experience I won't purchase another Thater brush again.
I was wondering myself and went to their site. Here is what it actually says:
"Serie 4419 - die Preiswerten
Feines Dachshaar "Silberspitze" in hand-
werklicher Perfektion."
This bold marked correctly translated means: Fine Badger Hair "Silvertip"
But if you click on the picture it says:
"Rein-Dachs, grau", handgebunden"
and this means:
Pure Badger, grey, hand-tied
But then on the other hand, Rein-Dachs also can mean there are no other animal hairs than badger in the knot.....
So the whole thing is a bit confusing, but from what I see in the picture, I would say that is a pure badger and not a silvertip, the seller here should correct this on his site. But then, Thaeter already confuses on their site....
http://badger-shavingbrush.com/11.html