My selfmade Brushes!

Hey,

so here comes my third post. I've making some Shaving Brushes lately. Here are some pictures.

26mm finest with extra hair, black palmira wood

22mm supersilvertip, cocobolo

left one ist mine: 24mm silvertip grade a, cocobolo

26mm finest with xtra hair, cocobolo wood

same brush like the one before. :D

22mm finest with extra hair, cocobolo

Maybe i'll post a "Making Of" soon.

What to do with Hammam Bouquet and Plissonupdate

Point 1: Hammam Bouquet

Recently i've got an example of Penhaligon's Hammam Bouquet. When i've got it, i was very excited to smell such an old Scent. As i sprayed it on my wrists i first thought: wow, this reminds me of something. hmm, later i realized that it smells pretty simmilar to a scent my grandma was wearing when i was a child, i think its the rose part of it. That does not mean that it stinks or so. I felt, that it somehow won't fit into this century. 

After sleeping, i cant forgot this scent in my nose. I've only got this two times before, with atkinsons I Coloniali and with Pen's Blenheim Bouquet. Both are now my favourite scents. They got bigger all time i used them. Maybe this will be the same with Hammam Bouquet and this scent evolve while using continuous. My Girlfriend has to tell me what she thinks about it too. I dont want to wear a scent that she doesnt like at all.Than i'll decide what to do. 

Point 2: Plisson

Today i've used it the third time. Ok the first time i just testlathered on my face. As you remember it felt scratchy. Second time i felt the same. Today i thought it got better, maybe because i got used to it, i dont know.

My first post!

 What to write in a first post? I decided to write of my latest Brush i've got!

Its a Plisson "Haute Montagne" in Size 14 which i've traded. (i would never be able to buy such a brush)

Here now my first impressions after using it once:

I really like the look of this brush and the hair felt really good after the borax bath. I used Atkinsons i coloniali mango to make the first lather. First thing that i noticed: The brush has a reall nice abrasive and it took no long to load the brush with soap. After loading i done some rounds in my swk scuttle. It took no more than 5 seconds and voila there is the perfect creamy lather. No other of my brushes is so fast in my scuttle.
While applying the lather to my face i realized, that it is not fluffy at all, despite of the high loft. One little thing isnt that good. It is more scratchy than my thäter 4215/1 or Da Vinci Uomo brush, even the tgn finest brushes have softer tips. There i expected more for that high prices.

Finally it is a really really good brush with some small issues but if its worth that high price, everyone has to decide for himself. In my oppinion it isnt worth the price cause its not much better than the other brushes which are not that expensive.
This is just my first impression. more will follow soon!

excuse my bad english, hopefully you understand everything. Errors are made on purpose! ;D