Heinrich L. Thäter

[borked]

So, I've been doing a bit of digging to either validate or squash a rumour that Heinrich L. Thäter are rebranded Shavemac's.
This is what I've found.

Company profile
Henry L. Thäter GmbH was founded in 1913 and is today a brush factory with 3 employees.
Traditional artisan production of brush heads.
Production / purchase of brush handles for German manufacturers.

Product Profile
Mostly will badger the highest quality "Silvertip" processed.
he brush head is attached in two stages entirely by hand in the form
In the first stage, the Grundkontour the brush head by means of a shaped shock bushing
In the second stage, the brush head from the Feinkontour elaborated brushmaker Master
There is no mechanical finishing such as shape cutting the brush head
The fine points of the roof hair remain untouched;the brush head remains soft and does not feel prickly at the special shape of our brush heads provides high flexibility during foaming

Source (google translated)
http://dachs-rasierpinsel.de/ueber_uns.html

In a globalizing world, we rely on the traditional manufacturing of our products.

Source (google translated)
http://www.badger-shavingbrush.com/6.html

Maybe they are in house after all?

 

[Nightguard]

So, I've been doing a bit of digging to either validate or squash a rumour that Heinrich L. Thäter are rebranded Shavemac's.
This is what I've found.


Source (google translated)
http://dachs-rasierpinsel.de/ueber_uns.html


Source (google translated)
http://www.badger-shavingbrush.com/6.html

Maybe they are in house after all?

My understanding is that Thater only make the knots for their brushes. The handles are made to their specs by a third party.
There is an interview with the Thater director on SRP that covers all the details.

 

[alfredus]

You are absolutely right @Nightguard - this is what the about me page says:

"Herstellung/Einkauf der Pinselgriffe bei deutschen Herstellern."

The handles are produced by and bought from German Manufacturers.

I believe at least in the past Shavemac was one of those producers.

The tie their own knots - that's their business. Where their source their hair from on the other hands, we will probably never know...

What is more interesting IMO, that the whole company has only 3 staff!!! That's one of the best known shaving brush companies in the world, and they have only 3 staff...

 

[filobiblic]

The tie their own knots - that's their business. Where their source their hair from on the other hands, we will probably never know...

What is more interesting IMO, that the whole company has only 3 staff!!! That's one of the best known shaving brush companies in the world, and they have only 3 staff...

Traditional shaving isn't as big a business as you might think huh?

But it's also interesting to the extent that if knots are tied by hand then it's very labour intensive and you'd think they would need more people. They really must not have as high an output as their English counterparts...?

Thäter brushes are well known amongst Badger brush connoisseurs, but not as ubiquitous as Shavemac or Simpson's.