Good morning/afternoon, Gentlemen. I wanted to share a picture of our newly redesigned Emillion shaving brush handle. Although it's not yet been filled with hair, I think you'll get the idea rather quickly.
As some of you know, these--and several other--patterns were designed for the smaller, 20--24mm knots that were popular years ago. Now the demand is for larger 26-30mm brushes, with 26 and 28mm sizes being our most popular. The challenge is that when we scale these handles proportionally, they rapidly become unwieldy.
Lee and I agreed that the maximum handle length should be kept to 68mm or less.
Anyway, Lee and I kicked this problem around for several months before the obvious finally dawned--just redesign it! Obviously, we needed to retain the same basic concept; but actual execution proved an interesting challenge.
The results, we think, are quite pleasing. We hope you agree!
As some of you know, these--and several other--patterns were designed for the smaller, 20--24mm knots that were popular years ago. Now the demand is for larger 26-30mm brushes, with 26 and 28mm sizes being our most popular. The challenge is that when we scale these handles proportionally, they rapidly become unwieldy.
Lee and I agreed that the maximum handle length should be kept to 68mm or less.
Anyway, Lee and I kicked this problem around for several months before the obvious finally dawned--just redesign it! Obviously, we needed to retain the same basic concept; but actual execution proved an interesting challenge.
The results, we think, are quite pleasing. We hope you agree!