I thought it would be good to have a score thread dedicated to this wonderful brush and by first impression i think the guys have bown the C&E BBB out of the water. So let me start this thread with mine...
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Thread: Score Thread for B&B Essential
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07-23-2008, 12:27 PM #1
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Score Thread for B&B Essential
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07-23-2008, 12:32 PM #2
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How about some lathering pics?
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07-23-2008, 12:40 PM #3
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Just a quick question: What's the bristle quality? Pure/Best/what?
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07-23-2008, 12:48 PM #4
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As per request:
Originally Posted by Ltltony
The soap is Mama'a Rosemary Mint
A quick palm lathering and the squeeze out.-Erick
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07-23-2008, 12:51 PM #5
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Very nice! I can't wait to get one.
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07-23-2008, 12:55 PM #6
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I HAVE TO HAVE ONE!
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07-23-2008, 12:59 PM #7
My fat boy goes to 11
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Originally Posted by Ookla The Mok
Erick, that fistful of lather pretty much sums it all up. I think the guys who worked on this project set up a great product. Nice pic!Cheers, Dave
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07-23-2008, 01:01 PM #8
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I was actually surprised at how much was in there. I'll continue my research as soon as I get some stubble.....
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07-23-2008, 01:10 PM #9
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How did the handle feel. Was it slippery at all? Originally Posted by Ookla The Mok
Tony :c2:
I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
- Robert Kennedy
"“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”"
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Glad to hear you're enjoying them so far! Just wait until you break the bad boys in - they're lathermonsters.
To answer Tony's question - the handle is "frosted" so it has more grip in any/all conditions than a standard plastic or horn handled shaving brush.
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07-23-2008, 01:34 PM #11
the elegance of the infamous
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Oh REALLY?!?! A frosted handle you say? Now THAT sounds good! What a wonderful brush. Good job to all responsible! Originally Posted by joel
Glad to hear you're enjoying them so far! Just wait until you break the bad boys in - they're lathermonsters.
To answer Tony's question - the handle is "frosted" so it has more grip in any/all conditions than a standard plastic or horn handled shaving brush.
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07-23-2008, 01:36 PM #12
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The brush looks great! I'd like to see some after/post bloom pics.
I think this is going to be my first quality brush.John
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07-23-2008, 01:36 PM #13
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That was what I was guessing/hoping. I'm looking forward to it. Originally Posted by joel
To answer Tony's question - the handle is "frosted" so it has more grip in any/all conditions than a standard plastic or horn handled shaving brush.Tony :c2:
I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
- Robert Kennedy
"“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”"
- Jack Kerouac
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07-23-2008, 01:48 PM #14
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Can't wait to give it a go!
The brush next to it is the C&E Acca Kappa brush I got last year, retail $105. It looks like the same Finest and knot size, I think the B&B Essential will prove to be denser!
I love the frosted handle and grip pattern, too! Thanks guys!
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07-23-2008, 02:08 PM #15
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Can someone post a picture of the "dark side of the essential"?
I've heard rumors about there being writing there :D
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07-23-2008, 03:01 PM #16
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Here are some post bloom pics with a C&E BBB for comparison.
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I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
- Robert Kennedy
"“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”"
- Jack Kerouac
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My initial impressions:
I thought I liked the handle from all the pics, but it turns out I REALLY like the handle! It's not how I was thinking. It's a good, heavy, material, but I don't feel like it'd break at all when smacking against my mug. Now when I say heavy, I don't have much to compare it to, since I've been using a wooden-handled Tweezerman. But I do have some plastic handle boar hair brushes, and a whatever-handle EJ Super. The BBE's is the best, by far. I was also impressed with how much heavier the thing got when wet!
With lathering: When I was going around my MB soap to get a lather, it didn't bend or smush or flop much at all. I figured "okay, it's a stiff scritchy brush." I whipped up lather in no time once I took it to my bowl. Then I put it on my face, and that thing feels so nice on your face! Not very scritchy at all!
After my shave, I rinsed it and shook out the remaining water. Then I petted it for a short while.
It lost about two dozen hairs. Probably 15 or so while shaking it out. You could just see them come up higher than the others, and they came out freely. But I think I should have gotten most of them with that run and there shouldn't be many at all left loose in there. (As said before, maybe not in this thread, though, these weren't combed, and this is normal.)
Thanks to everyone who worked to bring this to my shave den!
I was going to get the B&B LE, but I don't know how much better it could be. Might have to get it just to satisfy my curiosity!
I know my Tweezerman will be getting a well-deserved rest now.Last edited by TENroaches; 07-23-2008 at 03:04 PM.
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To Obtain: Fat Boy, Blue Tip, injector, SCS's latest EDTs, MB's Earl Grey, Pipe Tobacco, and Ginger Lime soaps, French green clay masque, a shave stick of some sort, an injector, HBS, TGQ, Em's Place, Mark at Superlather, more EOs
To Try (since I have them): Ogallala Bay Rum shave soaps, Van der Hagen Glycerin soap, Men Zone shave cream
To Learn: To get good lather from SCS creams, to enjoy a shave from a GEM.
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07-23-2008, 03:21 PM #18
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Must get home soon.
YMMV? I don't think so.
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07-23-2008, 03:43 PM #19
I'm gonna tell you something tomorrow
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15 minutes to go, and I can leave work and visit with my new brush.....
What happens in Vegas.... aw, you know the rest...
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07-23-2008, 04:26 PM #20
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Sheesh, you guys are crazy. (That's why I get everything delivered to work.)
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