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Laika

Laika

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Just wondering if anyone else has seen these floating around? They've suddenly burst from nowhere it seems... Thought they looked lovely until I saw they were £400?!?!?!

Wonder if they will turn my horse gold?
 
Laika said:
Just wondering if anyone else has seen these floating around? They've suddenly burst from nowhere it seems... Thought they looked lovely until I saw they were £400?!?!?!

Wonder if they will turn my horse gold?
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The horse looks very happy being brushed like that.

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Then again, I think I would, too. Lovely soft bristles, eh?
 
I don't know... Your horse looks more silver than gold...

Those Renwick and Sons brushes look nice, but I'd want to hold them and use them, to know if they are comfortable in the hand.

Some of them look like they are designed to be used right-handed (presumably there are left handed versions, too), but I often find that I switch a brush from one hand to the other.

To brush the left shoulder I hold the brush in my left hand and place my right hand on the horse's flank; brushing the right shoulder the brush is in my right hand with my left hand on the flank.

Brushes that are specifically (no doubt "ergonomically") designed to be used in a particular hand would probably feel uncomfortable used in the other hand.

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Now that I've been back to look again at the brushes more closely, they are not for a specific hand. What I had thought was an off-centre dimple for a finger tip is in fact in the centre-line of the brush.
 
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Silver you say? I was going to say more "stained" for the most part :rolleyes:

Despite my love for the craftsmanship on them, I really can't understand their price tag. I bet they have a smashing marketing department though! :D :D!

I'll stick to a good bit of Elbow grease and my sub-par brushes me thinks!
 
Laika said:
Despite my love for the craftsmanship on them, I really can't understand their price tag. I bet they have a smashing marketing department though! :D :D!
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At a guess, the marketing is not done in-house, and probably the better for it: let the craftsman concentrate on his craft.

Equus Leathers also has some very slick videos that are a pleasure to watch, and is also up North.
 
I am really sorry, but only the equestrian world would get away with charging £400 for a set of brushes and people actually buy them. The cheapest brushes will take dirt off with a bit of elbow grease and most of the "shine" comes from within.To keep a horse clean they need regular brushing with reasonably clean brushes. I clean mine once a month. What look like wooden untreated handles won't last long.
 
Dreckly said:
I am really sorry, but only the equestrian world would get away with charging £400 for a set of brushes and people actually buy them. The cheapest brushes will take dirt off with a bit of elbow grease and most of the "shine" comes from within.To keep a horse clean they need regular brushing with reasonably clean brushes. I clean mine once a month. What look like wooden untreated handles won't last long.
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Oh, not only the equestrian world. You could say that the cheapest quartz watch will tell the time and keep better time than many expensive mechanical watches costing far more than £400.

There's a shoe shop just up the street from my office. In the window, there's a little shoe-care kit with four small round brushes and a couple of tins of shoe cream or polish in a natty little leather case, I think it's about €100. I bought the same set of brushes for €12, add another 6 for the polish, that leaves €82 for a Chinese made leather case that you can get from AliBaba for less than €5 if you buy a couple of hundred of them...


And seeing the prices that people will pay for in-bred dogs (and, to perhaps a lesser degree, cats) with congenital defects, then seeing what they will fork out in special feeds and vets' bills makes me think that there are fore more fools with more money than brain cells than I had ever thought possible.

The brushes look like they are made from beech; a good treatment with linseed oil is all that's necessary to keep that in good condition for years. I've got some garden tools with beech handles that have survived being left out in the wet grass for weeks on end without showing any signs of deterioration.
 
Dreckly said:
I am really sorry, but only the equestrian world would get away with charging £400 for a set of brushes and people actually buy them. The cheapest brushes will take dirt off with a bit of elbow grease and most of the "shine" comes from within.To keep a horse clean they need regular brushing with reasonably clean brushes. I clean mine once a month. What look like wooden untreated handles won't last long.
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Could not agree more to be honest!

You're simply paying for the name and the "Look at me" factor, which in all honesty doesn't matter. I'll keep to my little brushes that cost me around £30 for a full set :D :D!
 
Am I reading this right? £400 for brushes?! Do they brush the horse themselves? Given that lassy in the picture appears to have a clean horse and her shirt is still crisp and white, I am guessing that they must....
 
PapaverFollis said:
Am I reading this right? £400 for brushes?! Do they brush the horse themselves? Given that lassy in the picture appears to have a clean horse and her shirt is still crisp and white, I am guessing that they must....
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Oh yes, you read correctly!!! I'd expect them to clean my whole house never mind my horse for £400...
 
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