New Brushes

After all the work I’ve put in to tidying and organising my painting table I thought it was about time that looked at my tools and in particular my brushes. Like many people in our wonderfully weird hobby my induction to it was via Games Workshop and as such I purchase a wide range of their hobby materials. Now I’ve been in the hobby quite a while and do remember the heady days of flip top paints that had a GW logo but were actually Coat d’Arms however I have for years stayed loyal to GW, mainly due to me being too lazy to explore other other options. However since abandoning them around ten years ago following a rather enlightening (and short) period where I worked for them I have explored other manufacturers with great success.

I’m a keen user of Vallejo paints, purchase my tools from DIY stores and modelling supplies from the usual Rail Modeller companies. However I have yet to find a satisfactory brush alternative.

Until now (ooohhhh!)

Following advice from a number of blogs I ordered a 2/0 and a 0 from Rosemary and Co, a family run brush manufacturer that’s been in existence for a relatively short 30 years (Winsor & Newton have been around for 175 years!). So throwing caution to the wind I splashed out £8.25 on their website and held my breath, metaphorically speaking of course.

http://www.rosemaryandco.com/

Now I placed my order on the morning of Friday the 28th and fully expected my delivery to arrive on the following Monday, the order confirmation stating that it would be despatched 1st class.

But no what actually happened is that my order arrived on the morning of the 1st, less than 24 hours after placing the order!

Not only that but I received a free catalogue along with a note inside thanking me for choosing Rosemary & Co for my art needs.

So feeling very happy about my nice new purchase I glanced at the envelope and noticed that the postage had never been stamped by Royal Mail (there’s usually a date stamp on postage saying when it was received by them and sorted!). Flipping the envelope over I noticed the address of Rosemary & Co on the back - 5.9 miles from where I live.

I can only assume that they hand delivered my order! This was reinforced when the Postie arrived with our post later that same day!.

The brushes themselves are pure Kolinsky Sable, have a very nice point, and slightly shorter handles to what I am used to however they hold paint well and clean up nicely.

I think I’ll order from them again.