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Post by rocketman on Mar 1, 2010 18:50:04 GMT -5
Klenzo is a brand name owned by Rexall Drugs. Rexall was started in 1902 and just after WW1 the 'Klenzo' name was registered. The brushes were manufactured beginning in the mid-late 20s and continued for many years.
Your brush was sold at Rexall Drugs and looks to be perhaps 1940s-1950s.
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mrguy
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Post by mrguy on Mar 2, 2010 0:35:55 GMT -5
Very cool. Thanks for the info, rocketman!  |
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Post by mrguy on Mar 3, 2010 0:52:45 GMT -5
A quick update with this brush.
I've been messing around with this brush for the past couple of nights, and I have to say, I really like it! There are a couple of things that seem strange to me, but maybe you guys can shed a little light to the situation. First, lather seems only to build in the top half of the brush. It make mounds of top quality lather with all the soaps I've tested with, but only from half way up. Any one else have a brush like this?
Second, and this might explain part of the first, the bristles (or hair, or what ever) have an un-natural way of sticking together when wet. No matter how hard I shake it, only a handful of bristles (or hair, or whatever) spring free from the main clump. This also might negate may previous thought that the brush was unused. When I give a gentile squeeze to get excess water out, all the bristles (or hair, or...) stand perfectly straight up with no give. Someone could have "posed" the bristles (blah, blah, blah) to look nice and straight and unused.
So, any thought on this brush? Have you seen any of the things I think are a little strange? I have a few brushes, new and vintage, and none of them act quite like this.
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Post by wchnu on Mar 4, 2010 3:50:23 GMT -5
I have a couple of older brushes that the bristles do that. Not sure what causes it. I wonder of that is how they were or if something made them like that,
Fuzzy
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Post by tommyers on Mar 9, 2010 23:18:17 GMT -5
I have an aluminum handled Rubberset brush which has what I believe to be horsehair bristles. The bristles look somewhat similar to your brush. I've never tried to use the brush, so I don't know if it acts like you describe or not, but the bristles are quite different than boar or badger hair.
Regards,
Tom
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mrguy
The Bee's Knee's
Ten billion ants in this world, and I'm having trouble with just one.
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Post by mrguy on Mar 9, 2010 23:51:43 GMT -5
I have an aluminum handled Rubberset brush which has what I believe to be horsehair bristles. The bristles look somewhat similar to your brush. I've never tried to use the brush, so I don't know if it acts like you describe or not, but the bristles are quite different than boar or badger hair. Regards, Tom Interesting suggestion, Tom. I'm going to have to take a closer look at the hairs and compare to the boar brushes I own. Aside from looking different from boar and badger, are there any ways to identify hoarse hair? |
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