Do You Still Own Your First Brush?

Hi all, I thought this might inspire some interesting discussion. Even if you don't own your first brush, do you remember what it was?  I still own my first shaving brush.  It was a gift from my father more than 55 years ago.  Yeah, I'm old. I restored it and added a 21mm Premium Silvertip knot from TGN.  Of all my brushes it's still my favorite.

I actually just sold my first brush 2 weeks ago. Kent BLK4 Silvertip



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Gorgeous brush

Kinda.  Crappy Van Der Hagen boar that never seemed to break in and shed like crazy.  I liked the handle shape and wanted to try setting my own knots, so it became my first brush experiment.
I steamed the knot out and replaced it with a 22mm Maggard synthetic.

My first 2 brushes (bought at the same time) were a Simpsons Chubby 2 and a Colonel X2L both in best badger. Still have them. I own about 18 brushes now.

My first shaving brush was a Perfecto 100% Pure Badger from Amazon. I used the brush for about 6 months before the knot completely disintegrated. Fortunately, I also bought an Omega Pro 48 boar brush about 2 months after I got the Perfecto and I still have that shaving brush, although I rarely use it anymore. 2-Band badger and synthetic get the most face time these days.

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January, 2012

Still have it, and still in rotation.

My first was some 50 years ago given to me by my dads barber. I have no idea what I did with it. Maybe my mom pitched it when I went off to college (like a lot of my stuff).

btw, he's also the man that taught me how to use and maintain a str8.