Favorite Rooney Heritage?

**joshmpdx** · 07-19-2009, 11:36 AM

with the extra dense knots, im wondering how folks like the size of their heritage brushes.

1/1 users do you like the stubby 1? or maybe the stubby 2 to compensate for such a dense knot...

**mretzloff** · 07-19-2009, 12:10 PM

I talking with Jim from Vintage Blades a while back and he said most people seem to prefer the Stubby 2.

**joshmpdx** · 07-19-2009, 04:51 PM

interesting.

i think of myself as a small brush kind of guy, and am curious if the Stubby 2 feels like a 1/1 in super. It's possible with a knot that dense or maybe im just trying to justify it since VB is out of the stubby 1.

**beginish** · 07-19-2009, 05:35 PM

I have and regularly use the Heritage Victorian. That handle may not be for everyone, but the knot is very similar to the Emillion. I have it in Super, and the knot has great backbone, but is unbelievably soft at the tips. Simply put, it's really hard to go wrong, as it handles soaps and creams equally well and can be used in both bowl and face lathering with equal efficacy.

**persco** · 07-19-2009, 05:59 PM

The Stubby 2 is a very dense knot, and I find it big compared to my Shavemac 177 which has 45mm loft and 20mm knot. It's soft, but still 'scritchier' than the Shavemac in finest.

s.

**persco** · 07-19-2009, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by beginish

I have and regularly use the Heritage Victorian. That handle may not be for everyone, but the knot is very similar to the Emillion. I have it in Super, and the knot has great backbone, but is unbelievably soft at the tips. Simply put, it's really hard to go wrong, as it handles soaps and creams equally well and can be used in both bowl and face lathering with equal efficacy.

I actually don't find the Stubby 2 very effective with creams, trying to build lather in a bowl. Works better with creams directly on the face. It works very well as a face lathering brush with soaps, though.

s.

**Stubblefield** · 07-19-2009, 06:03 PM

I had a stubby 2 and still have the Emillion, I prefer the Emillion ever so slightly over the Stubby.

**garyg** · 07-19-2009, 06:07 PM

Small Beehive is the Bee's Knee's

**LawLess** · 07-19-2009, 09:53 PM

The only Heritage I own is the Emillion, but I love the handle! It fits oh, so well in your hand.

However, I notice that I do have to use more product than normal because it is a larger brush and needs more product to fill out a good lather bowl.

**crankymoose** · 07-20-2009, 05:52 AM

I only got the Heritage in 1/1 but I have no complaints about it, it is most comfortable as a face lathering brush and excels in it.

**Doc4** · 07-20-2009, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by garyg

Small Beehive is the Bee's Knee's

+1

In terms of "functional size", it is somewhere between a CH1 and CH2. That is, the knot "seems" about a halfway point between the two others, ignoring for the moment actual measurements and such.

The design of the beehive handle is a major plus, too.

**joshmpdx** · 07-20-2009, 06:06 PM

Thanks folks!

I really like the 1/1 in Super, and wonder if the Stubby 2 may feel similar in size as it has the same loft, and although it has a larger knot the bristles are so much denser.

does anyone have the 1/1 super and the stubby 2?

**professorchaos** · 07-20-2009, 06:11 PM

I do like Rooney's Heritage bristle. Very, very much.

**erudolph** · 07-20-2009, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by professorchaos

I do like Rooney's Heritage bristle. Very, very much.

+1

As for the Heritage series, I have only the Beehive small and if I had to pare down to one brush, that could well be it.

**garyg** · 07-20-2009, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by erudolph

+1

As for the Heritage series, I have only the Beehive small and if I had to pare down to one brush, that could well be it.

Yep, I am still rotating brushes, but if forced to pick just one the Beehive would be it ..

**strat1117** · 07-20-2009, 06:36 PM

Working with Jim at VB, I picked the 1/2 in super, and I believe it to be perfect for face-lathering soaps -- not too big, not too small.

**professorchaos** · 07-20-2009, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by garyg

Yep, I am still rotating brushes, but if forced to pick just one the Beehive would be it ..

If I had to pick just one it would be... ...well...I couldn't pick just one. Strictly in theory, then, my one brush would be a Rooney Heritage.

**Stubblefield** · 07-20-2009, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by professorchaos

If I had to pick just one it would be... ...well...I couldn't pick just one. Strictly in theory, then, my one brush would be a Rooney Heritage.

If I had to pick one it would be the Emillion. I love the larger handle, and the knot itself is not too big, not too small, but just right. I thought the knot on the Stubby 2 was a touch big, but I did love the handle. I really do not like the handles on the Rooney's finest brushes, and figure if I'm going to spend the money I want a Heritage handle.

**ambrose** · 07-20-2009, 10:58 PM

Heritage is far superior to the regular super. I love my horn rooney but it was a shedder so Im getting a replacement. Rooney has something special coming but I cant say anything just yet.

**persco** · 07-21-2009, 04:33 AM

Originally Posted by ambrose

Heritage is far superior to the regular super. I love my horn rooney but it was a shedder so Im getting a replacement. Rooney has something special coming but I cant say anything just yet.

Nice. Maybe would have been better not to mention anything... ha ha ha