SV Brush fail

[gpjoe]

Essentially all the badger hair comes from China these days. Plenty of good knots do as well. Just look at Oumo. The problem here is that some European (and other) “luxury“ brands are just mass produced low end products with a fancy sticker and marketing.

I'm not embarrassed to say that one of my favorite brushes is a Yaqi badger, that I bought off the BST for 20 bucks.

It performs better than the artisan brush that I owned (and shall remain nameless here) which cost more than 10x as much.

Is it as nice as my RV/Shavemac brush? Of course not. It is a reliable, non-shedding brush that doesn't hog lather and feels wonderful on my face...and I love the vintage "Ever-Ready" style handle.

So, yeah, decent, inexpensive Chinese badger brushes do exist.

 

[Barbarian80]

So, they eventually got back to me and will send me a new brush and asked me to return the one with the issue. Told them I did already glued the ring back on since I have a bit of brush making knowledge. Waiting now for the replacement to arrive and then send the other one back. They will forward this then to Italy and I would assume they will check on it.
Let you know when the replacement shows up here.

Kind of strange they would mail you a new one without receiving the old one back first. Given you fixed it you ought to just keep it.

The hair on these SV brushes look a lot like the Simpson two band silvertips to me. I have a strong suspicion the knots are coming from the same place.

 

[helicopter]

I'm not embarrassed to say that one of my favorite brushes is a Yaqi badger, that I bought off the BST for 20 bucks.

It performs better than the artisan brush that I owned (and shall remain nameless here) which cost more than 10x as much.

Is it as nice as my RV/Shavemac brush? Of course not. It is a reliable, non-shedding brush that doesn't hog lather and feels wonderful on my face...and I love the vintage "Ever-Ready" style handle.

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So, yeah, decent, inexpensive Chinese badger brushes do exist.

That's basically the issue. My DSC 2 Band faux tortoise Simpson style is fantastic, and only $34 on AliX.

I am sure the $95 Boti 30mm NC Cream Cheese is amazing.

So for $290, SV offers great service, some bog oak, a pewter ring, and can't even glue the thing together properly?

I am surprised they compete at all.

 

[Rudy Vey]

Replacement brush arrived here today!! And yes, the metal part is solidly attached to the wooden handle. These rings should not be lose or rotating around the handle....although some always say so.
It is on deck tomorrow.

 

[Phoenixkh]

Replacement brush arrived here today!! And yes, the metal part is solidly attached to the wooden handle. These rings should not be lose or rotating around the handle....although some always say so.
It is on deck tomorrow.

Rudy.... How is your recovery going? I hope well....

And btw, I have 5 SV brushes I rotate every shave.....Lovely brushes... Even if the knots might be made in China... That said... I usually rotate 3 brushes for applying pre-shave, with another one thrown in now and then..... and two of them are from you... One a re-knotted ShaveMac 28mm Two-band Silvertip and the one you made for me, with the deep red top and bottom band and your "Real" Faux Ivory for the rest of the handle.... What a beautiful brush...

Same ShaveMac 28mm Two-band Silvertip knot...