Mozingo Brushworks

Here's the reason I prefer no coin - I keep my razors and brushes in a couple of racks in the medicine cabinet, except the razor and brush I use in the morning - they get hung here after use until the next morning - and I just prefer to look at a bare brush butt than at a coin

My 28mm ZT1 is set at ~48.5mm and my 26mm ZT2 is set at ~49mm.

Love them both but the lower loft on the ZT1 is a backbone monster badger pillow that might not be for everyone but I love it.

I appreciate that Brett will set your knot at whatever loft you want because he’s an awesome guy and he provides a truly custom experience.

Thank you sir. I think I am to have him set my 28mm zt2 at 50mm. I have another 28mm turnnshave tips fan set at 52mm and think it would be even better at 50.

I agree with you that its awesome he will make it truly custom in that respect. He responded quickly this morning when I ask him a few questions. He seems like a great guy. I can't wait to get my brush back. He said it should only take about two weeks. That is fast in my book and compared to others.

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SMURF

My 28mm ZT1 is set at 47mm. Both of my 28mm ZT2s are set at 49mm.

Thanks James, I think 49 or 50 will be great for me. I sent it off to him today and I can't wait to get it back.
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SMURF

I really don’t mind the coin. The signature on one of my Declaration brushes is wearing off some.

Have same issue as Ian, hang brushes in AOS stands so bottoms always visible.  That opal is gorgeous

I actually have come to enjoy coined brushes.

I like some coins very much and others not so much but to be honest they are pretty unobtrusive. I don't see them much because I sit my brushes on that coin. The knot and coolness of the handle is what I focus on.
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Coins on brushes are a big No-No for me. I avoid them at all costs, but that's just my two cents haha.

I hardly notice them. My brushes stand up in a cabinet and when the brush is hanging upside down to dry I'm asleep until the next morning when they go back in the cabinet. In the end the hair knot qualities are more important to me.

I really don't mind a coin. How else are makers going to brand there products. Better than laser etching on the side where you always see it no matter what or Sharpie that'll rub off, atleast the brush maker put some thought and effort into it. If you don't do anything and leave them bare or something that rubs off then I'm sure there will be that one guy that tries to sell a brush as something it's not. So in that respect I think it's the best way to go.

On the topic of coins for brushes, I am okay with or without a coin, with a big "but".  But if there is no coin, then I would like some other way to look at the brush and know what I am holding.  Like for example, the engraving on Simpsons brushes telling you it is a chubby 1, 2 or 3.

Think about watches, would you like Seiko, Omega or Rolex to sell unbranded generic looking watches?  Or how about cars, how many are sold without you being able to read who made it and what model?

I like when razors at least tell me the name of the company, and better even when they tell me the model.  Like RazoRock GC .84, now I can read the bottom plate and know what I am about to use.

I am actually surprised that any artisan brushmaker would sell an expensive brush with no marking or logo whatsoever.  Sure, maybe the original buyer knows what is what, but years down the line, if that brush passes on to son, grandson, or sold to someone else, I can easily see that a gem of a brush handle may end up in the 50 cent bin in someone's garage sale just because there is no way to tell it apart from some mass manufactured $20 buck brush.  At the very least I view some branding on the brush to be a sign of pride in one's work, like an artist signing his name on the painting he created.

I bring this up because I have children and they are now old enough to care to ask me what I am using when I am shaving.  And now that I have collected what I feel is probably too many brushes and razors, I really appreciate the ability to just look at what I am using and telling them clearly without any hesitation.  Yes, I am getting on in years and my brain is not as sharp as it used to be, not too proud to admit that.