I wanted to give an update to my custom Shavemac that I received this past July. I ordered a 23/46 (Bernd's recommendation) regular silvertip fan, and I posted the pix with my early impressions. Everyone commented that what I had gotten was, in fact, a D01-2 band, not regular silvertip - admittedly, it clearly looks like 2 band, but it has super soft tips, and that's not a trait I hear from people who have the D01-2 band. I had a D01-3 band bulb that had some undesirable scritch for me, and this new one certainly doesn't. So I emailed Bernd with a photo and inquired about it. Turns out that I do, in fact, have a regular silvertip, NOT the D01-2 band. My brush is actually a prototype 2 band regular silvertip that Shavemac has been working on, that I got by mistake. So I promptly offered to return it, but Bernd said that I could keep it (very generous, I must say). I've recently seen online that people are talking about this new 2 band that is possibly going to become available, so I figure that I am at liberty to mention mine.
It's had about a months use now, and has maintained it's shape quite well. It excels at face lathering, but is also quite adept at bowl lathering. This has the best of both worlds (for me, at any rate) - super soft tips, with nice backbone, and good flow through. This produces lather almost effortlessly (of course, I live where we have soft water, so take that with a grain of salt). If I were to be super, ultra critical, I wish it had a tad bit more splay when face lathering, but that's just my own personal preference, if you will. I think that the "2:1 knot/loft rule" could be relaxed a bit with this new hair grade; I'm thinking that a 23/48 would have been perfectly fine for me (YMMV).
My own personal opinion (FWIW) is that this 2 band regular silvertip is excellent! I hope that Shavemac starts offering this soon!!
3 pix: new out of the box; post first lather; and this evening after about a months use.
It's had about a months use now, and has maintained it's shape quite well. It excels at face lathering, but is also quite adept at bowl lathering. This has the best of both worlds (for me, at any rate) - super soft tips, with nice backbone, and good flow through. This produces lather almost effortlessly (of course, I live where we have soft water, so take that with a grain of salt). If I were to be super, ultra critical, I wish it had a tad bit more splay when face lathering, but that's just my own personal preference, if you will. I think that the "2:1 knot/loft rule" could be relaxed a bit with this new hair grade; I'm thinking that a 23/48 would have been perfectly fine for me (YMMV).
My own personal opinion (FWIW) is that this 2 band regular silvertip is excellent! I hope that Shavemac starts offering this soon!!
3 pix: new out of the box; post first lather; and this evening after about a months use.
