Instant lather from a can has made making shaving brushes by hand a dying craft. But in the West German village of Bechofen, the precision craft still thrives. Here a brush-maker weighs exactly 10.5g of the expensive Asiatic badger hair that is used to make the highest quality shaving brushes.
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Press, 24 July 1987, Page 14
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50Instant lather from a can has made making shaving brushes by hand a dying craft. But in the West German village of Bechofen, the precision craft still thrives. Here a brush-maker weighs exactly 10.5g of the expensive Asiatic badger hair that is used to make the highest quality shaving brushes. Press, 24 July 1987, Page 14
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