05-27-2020, 07:19 AM
(05-27-2020, 12:45 AM)TobyC Wrote:"Scritchy and scruby" is right! And a lot of backbone, when it was "new" it could take your eye out! It is certainly a far cry from a modern Omega.(05-26-2020, 08:49 PM)Grassy Wrote: MohicanOriginal Ever~Ready knots are scritchy and scrubby, and they stay that way, that's the way I like 'em! It will never get soft no matter what you do, it's a love it or leave it thing.
Star wedge
Ever Ready
RR Black Label
Old Spice
Just about acceptable!
This Star wedge is past it's best now and needs some attention. I have been experimenting trying to break in this NOS Ever Ready knot, after much lathering and towel drying it is somewhere between bearable and acceptable, I don't think it will improve.
I wonder if that was the last Mohican?
I read somewhere someone suggesting the knots were cheaply made and they shaped the knot by cutting the tip end, which seems possible. They must also use a different grade of boar hair to get that backbone.
I will keep the brush as it is for when I need to expholiate, too harsh for me for regular use.
It could be the last of the Mohicans, you don't see many about.