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Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :

I have always worked with the "handicap" of being lefty it seems Mack makes brushes only for righties, with one side of the sword flat and one side round... the wrong side. well I finally foun grambacker who makes them round all the way around considering the lefty. Now if I can only find a left handed hammer...

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Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :

You finally found grumbacher? A little too late since they haven't made those brushes in years. When they had the black plastic handles, no brush could touch them. Since then the company went through many changes and destroyed the best brush ever made.

If you were using the Mack brushes with the string wrapped ferrels I can understand what you are speaking of, but metal ferrels which basically are flat have been made for years.

Scharf still makes an excellent striper which is still great after all these years

Selig ( Sid Moses) sells many different stripers including the Mack take-offs of Grumbacher and Scharf.
Cosmos, Domicican and Germans which may not be manufactured anymore but are still available, all have flat metal ferrels.

Check out the custom made pinstriping brushes made by Lazerlines at http://www.lazerlines.com they have a Grumbacher type ferrel and hair which is removable from their custom lite-weight aluminum handle. Grumbachers although first made in N.Y.C. then N.J. eventually were made in Maine and now make these specially designed units for Lazerlines.

Hope this helps!

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