Re: Buying a Richardson brush...

["Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>]

OK OK, my last post of the day so y'all don't accuse me of being obsessive 
compulsive:

Henry, I just looked at my brushes and you are right--UK.

Now, the weird thing is this:  I have 4 Richesons, two 1" and two 1 1/2" 
7010 Stephen Quiller Series.  The handles look like they are plastic, but, 
in fact, are coated wood.  One of my brushes has flaked and peeled 
mercilesssly (into my coating solutions!) and is a wreck.  Someone on the 
list said about this issue, then keep it out of water.  I use all 4 brushes 
the same way, and only this one has flaked.  So I just wanted to warn you 
that you may want to coat it or some such thing to prevent this from 
happening.  I could have just gotten one defective brush, of course, but I 
have used brushes all my life and not seen this bad of a problem. The handle 
also fell out of the ferrule and I had to glue it back.  BUT it doesn't 
shed, at least!

All that said, the brush will pay for itself in probably 30 or 40 8x10's...
Chris
CZAphotography.com

> Friends,
> Following the discussions of the "magic brush" recently, I decided that I
> just had to try one. Not being able to find a UK supplier, I ordered from
> Jerry's Artarama. I was pretty surprised at the high postage cost (about 
> the
> same as the brush itself), but went ahead anyway.
> It's not surprising that the transatlantic shipping cost is so high - when
> your 2 oz brush is accompanied by a 1 lb 3 oz catalogue!
> Perhaps non-US listmembers who want to order from Jerry's might like to
> specify "no catalogue"!
> Best
> Henry
> P.S. On the handle of the brush, where you usually find the country of
> origin, the brush says "UK"!