Whipped dog brush love!

lishijia · Oct 23, 2015

After using mine (24mm) several more times, I could easily see getting a smaller 20mm as a travel brush.

My one "criticism" is very superficial: the knot is not symmetrical. It has no effect on use, of course, but from some angles the knot looks tilted. Don't know if this is common or not.

brianlg · Oct 27, 2015

Ordered my dad and brother both a 24mm synthetic WD (blue and butterscotch) for xmas. I hope they love them as much as I love mine

MGShogun · Oct 27, 2015

24mm synthetic WD is now my favorite brush. I may get another one in blue.

I strongly recommend this one.

beezap · Oct 27, 2015

As a boar guy with no badgers in the house, I thought I would try a WD Synthetic. I have recently moved to smaller knots and I must say I am extremely happy with my 22mm synthetic! I will probably order another one perhaps in 24mm because this habit (ahem I mean HOBBY) requires that you have at least 5 of everything!!!

htownmmm · Oct 27, 2015

beezap said:
As a boar guy with no badgers in the house, I thought I would try a WD Synthetic. I have recently moved to smaller knots and I must say I am extremely happy with my 22mm synthetic! I will probably order another one perhaps in 24mm because this habit (ahem I mean HOBBY) requires that you have at least 5 of everything!!!

That's the spirit!!!!

marty

kansaskyle · Oct 27, 2015

I'm in the 2015 annual restraint, but I was able to work a trade on a WD 24mm brush! I'm looking forward to trying it out and seeing how it compares to my Plisson that I've been using daily since February 2, 2015.

Musikmann · Nov 7, 2015

Chaucer said:
I may want to add a WD HM to the collection too.

I bought a HM in 30mm and after 2 lathers I'm disappointed. There are so many compliments on his synthetic knots that if I ever buy another one, I'll try one of those.

Musikmann · Nov 7, 2015

lishijia said:
My one "criticism" is very superficial: the knot is not symmetrical. It has no effect on use, of course, but from some angles the knot looks tilted. Don't know if this is common or not.

My 30mm HMW looks a little crooked too.

Chrispy73 · Nov 7, 2015

I have not tried the HM knots but I can't see any reason not to have one of his synthetics personally.

pbrmhl · Nov 7, 2015

kansaskyle said:
I'm in the 2015 annual restraint, but I was able to work a trade on a WD 24mm brush! I'm looking forward to trying it out and seeing how it compares to my Plisson that I've been using daily since February 2, 2015.

I'll be interested in your report. I've used my Plisson synthetic almost every day since I got it several months ago.

Anyone else want to report on the differences between the Plisson and a WD 22mm or 24mm? I bowl lather exclusively.

Devonmoonshire · Nov 7, 2015

I picked up a W/D HM 24mm to put into my Rubberset 400 and I am loving it so far.

I went from this:
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To this with a mere 30 seconds of whipping with Mystic Waters Maestrale soap and that stuff is apparently not easy to lather:
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kansaskyle · Nov 7, 2015

pbrmhl said:
I'll be interested in your report. I've used my Plisson synthetic almost every day since I got it several months ago.

Anyone else want to report on the differences between the Plisson and a WD 22mm or 24mm? I bowl lather exclusively.

I touched on it in a few other places, but I'll recap here. I found the new WD 24mm knot to be plenty soft and worked up a good lather. My only gripe was with how hard it is to splay. I had to take a sneak approach coming in at an angle from the jaw line, and then it took constant pressure on the face to keep it splayed. I much prefer my Plisson Acetate Burgundy.

pbrmhl · Nov 7, 2015

kansaskyle said:
I touched on it in a few other places, but I'll recap here. I found the new WD 24mm knot to be plenty soft and worked up a good lather. My only gripe was with how hard it is to splay. I had to take a sneak approach coming in at an angle from the jaw line, and then it took constant pressure on the face to keep it splayed. I much prefer my Plisson Acetate Burgundy.

As a bowl latherer, the splay issue may not matter much to me. I use the brush as a paintbrush on my face. Thanks for the quick and helpful reply!

Tenergy · Nov 8, 2015

Who can say me guys, what sort of synthetic knot Larry makes now in his own brushes ?
Plisson ? Ubersoft ?

Jinx18 · Nov 8, 2015

Plisson is softer with less backbone and feels slightly larger then the whipped dog.

kansaskyle · Nov 8, 2015

Tenergy said:
Who can say me guys, what sort of synthetic knot Larry makes now in his own brushes ?
Plisson ? Ubersoft ?

Looks to be the Ubersoft (more backbone, harder to splay).

vespergo · Nov 9, 2015

Looking forward to getting my WD 22mm. I think that's the current size of my Parker synthetic which I love. I find the Plisson too floppy so I'm glad it's not going to be as floppy as that. I need that backbone to really get going with soaps.

numerounoo · Nov 9, 2015

kansaskyle said:
Looks to be the Ubersoft (more backbone, harder to splay).

Ubersoft 2* version 2 that is.
Version one was better which is discontinued unfortunately

Bhugo · Nov 10, 2015

Been using my new HM from WD for a week now. Liking it a lot. I like it more than my Satin Tip black, which will now be my travel brush most likely.

Sorry it's sideways.

Regards

RobC · Nov 18, 2015

does anyone have the WD silver tip 24? whats it like?

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