{"title":"Shaving Brushes","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our Shaving Brushes collection. Best Price.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"moon-stryker-glow-24mm-snickle-synth-hybrid-brush-a-space-age-revival-with-a-touch-of-cinema-magic","title":"Moon Stryker GLOW 24mm Snickle Synth Hybrid Brush | A Space-Age Revival with a Touch of Cinema Magic!","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-end=\"354\" data-start=\"319\"\u003eShave Cadets, Meet The Moon Stryker Shave Brush!\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"418\" data-start=\"355\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"416\" data-start=\"355\"\u003eA double homage to vintage shave tech and vintage sci-fi cinema...\u003cem\u003ethat just hits.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"700\" data-start=\"420\"\u003eSome releases feel so inevitable, they might as well have been written in the stars. The Moon Stryker is one of them. Why? Because today, our time of \"launch\",  marks \u003cstrong data-end=\"698\" data-start=\"563\"\u003eexactly 123 years, October 4th, since Georges Méliès’ \u003cem data-end=\"641\" data-start=\"617\"\u003eLe Voyage dans la Lune\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem data-end=\"663\" data-start=\"643\"\u003eA Trip to the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e) premiered in the United States!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1229\" data-start=\"702\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAnd here’s the kicker: the *\u003cstrong data-end=\"839\" data-start=\"729\"\u003eCentury Brush Company’s Canal Street factory was only a ten-minute subway ride from the Eden Musée theater\u003c\/strong\u003e where Méliès’ rocket famously struck the Man in the Moon’s eye. Any one of the 31 workers employed there in 1902 could have sat in that audience, their heads swimming with lunar dreams before returning to their bristle-setting benches. The coincidence is almost too perfect: cinema’s first space fantasy unfolding just steps from the factory floor of one of shaving’s forgotten artisans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1229\" data-start=\"702\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*\u003c\/strong\u003eLeopold Ascher Brush Corp. (New York)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"1234\" data-start=\"1231\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"1289\" data-start=\"1236\"\u003eA Space-Age Revival with a Touch of Cinema Magic\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1816\" data-start=\"1291\"\u003eBack in mid-century America, \u003cem\u003eCentury\u003c\/em\u003e was a quiet player in shaving gear. Collectors know Rubberset and Ever-Ready; Century is the brand you find less often, the one whispered about in forums. Most of their brushes were practical: marbled Bakelite, smooth resin, tidy and conservative. But every so often, Century let their imagination drift off-world. That’s when the so-called \u003cstrong data-end=\"1687\" data-start=\"1669\"\u003e“rocket” brush\u003c\/strong\u003e was born, an Atomic Age oddity with a flared skirt like rocket exhaust nozzles, jaunty, pink colored rings, and that familiar stamp:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1885\" data-start=\"1818\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1883\" data-start=\"1818\"\u003e“Century U.S.A. \/ Set in Rubber \/ Sterilized \/ Pure Bristle.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1966\" data-start=\"1887\"\u003eIt was shaving gear inspired as much by pulp sci-fi as by grooming tradition. \u003cem\u003eSounds familiar, eh?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"2030\" data-start=\"2027\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"2065\" data-start=\"2032\"\u003eEnter \u003cem data-end=\"2061\" data-start=\"2043\"\u003eThe Moon Stryker\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2459\" data-start=\"2067\"\u003eThe Moon Stryker reimagines Century’s Rocket for modern hands. It’s \u003cstrong data-end=\"2148\" data-start=\"2135\"\u003escaled up\u003c\/strong\u003e for a more substantial grip, \u003cstrong data-end=\"2209\" data-start=\"2178\"\u003ecreated from high-gloss acrylic\u003c\/strong\u003e in cream with a new, bold oxblood stripe, and engineered to \u003cstrong data-end=\"2302\" data-start=\"2265\"\u003eoutlast its mid-century ancestors\u003c\/strong\u003e. Unlike vintage casein or brittle plastics of yore, this acrylic won’t yellow, warp, or crumble. It gleams like cream and shrugs off water, soap, and time itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2459\" data-start=\"2067\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Snickle Way\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2677\" data-start=\"2461\"\u003eInside, we’ve set our newest synthetic knot, a \u003cstrong data-end=\"2512\" data-start=\"2481\"\u003e24 mm Hybrid Snickle Synth, \u003c\/strong\u003ea faux badger blend with a unique fan-bulb profile. Expect \u003cstrong data-end=\"2646\" data-start=\"2572\"\u003esoft tips for comfort, firm backbone for \u003cem\u003epunchy\u003c\/em\u003e performance, and fast loading\u003c\/strong\u003e from even the hardest soaps. Not to mention bristles you won't need to baby like animal hair! in short, it's a beast! A brush built for orbit, not obsolescence. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFan + Bulb = Beast Mode\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you deep-dive the forums, you’ll see the eternal debate: “fan for face-lathering? Bulb for backbone?” The Snickle Synth Hybrid says: why choose? We’ve fused the two. This knot gives you feather-soft fan tips that stimulate the skin, and behind it lies a dense bulb core that refuses to collapse under pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou’ll feel it in the load, soap dives in quickly, like a fan, but the brush keeps its shape and push. No floppy flop. No limp “couldn’t handle that soap” moments. Because the bulb core is doing the heavy lifting, you get real backbone. Want to press into hard pucks or milk your dense soap? Snickle delivers. [\u003cem\u003eLong time fans who remember our Duro Knot from years back will love the Snickle. In fact, you might say this is grandson to the Duro!\u003c\/em\u003e]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a synthetic, it rinses lightning-fast, no waterlogging, full shape drying and no funk. And unlike some pure fan synths that sag or feel rubbery, Snickle holds its loft proud. You get the best of both worlds: silky flow plus structural integrity. That’s the kind of hybrid the shave cadets dream about!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"2733\" data-start=\"2730\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"2764\" data-start=\"2735\"\u003eInspired by Méliès’ Moon\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3052\" data-start=\"2766\"\u003eIf you didn't already guess, our name and logo pay homage to \u003cstrong data-end=\"2861\" data-start=\"2798\"\u003eGeorges Méliès’ 1902 masterpiece, \u003cem data-end=\"2858\" data-start=\"2834\"\u003eLe Voyage dans la Lune\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e Méliès, part magician and part filmmaker, conjured exploding lunar creatures, painted mushroom forests, and fired a cannon straight into the Moon’s eye. His dream launched an entire genre. Heck, this is the grandpappy of Star Wars as far as I'm concerned!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3267\" data-start=\"3054\"\u003eCentury’s Rocket brush and Méliès’ Rocket share the same DNA as Phoenix Shaving: \u003cstrong data-end=\"3164\" data-start=\"3116\"\u003ewhimsy, optimism, and a dash of the surreal.\u003c\/strong\u003e They remind us that everyday mundane objects, whether a film prop or a shaving brush, can carry cosmic wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3615\" data-start=\"3269\"\u003eAnd here’s some poetry in timing: for decades Méliès’ film was thought lost, until a hand-tinted reel resurfaced and was restored at the end of 2011 and shown again to the world in 2012. That was the \u003cstrong data-end=\"3456\" data-start=\"3421\"\u003esame year we began \u003c\/strong\u003eour own little rocket, launched with nothing but soapmaking passion and imagination. Two different rockets, one cinematic, one aromatic, both reborn in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3615\" data-start=\"3269\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoincidence? \u003cem\u003eWe Think Not. lol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3615\" data-start=\"3269\"\u003eWhen you line up Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon with Apollo 11, the similarities are downright mind-blowing. A bullet-shaped capsule launched skyward, explorers bouncing across an alien surface, magic mushrooms, then plunging back to Earth to splash down in the ocean and be “rescued.” Seventy years before NASA, a Parisian magician-filmmaker had already storyboarded the Moon landing. \u003cem\u003eCoincidence?\u003c\/em\u003e What say you?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3615\" data-start=\"3269\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"3620\" data-start=\"3617\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"3675\" data-start=\"3622\"\u003eRediscovering the Century Rocket: A True Space Oddity\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4053\" data-start=\"3677\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/IMG_8691.jpg?v=1759345070\u0026amp;width=700\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"298\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003eThis homage began with a chance rediscovery. For the life of me, I cannot remember how I first came into possession of an original Century Rocket brush. Maybe it was picked up at an antique market, maybe handed off in the shuffle of a meet-up. However it arrived, it was forgotten, tucked into a box until I stumbled across it again while unpacking from a cross-country move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4418\" data-start=\"4055\"\u003eThere it was, grinning up from the carton: my Century Rocket. “Oh yeah,” I thought, “I forgot all about you!” The timing was perfect. I fell in love all over again, the retro-futuristic lines, the sci-fi shape, the strange beauty of an Atomic Age relic hiding in plain sight. This was soooo Phoenix Shaving; leaving it unresurrected would have been a crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4882\" data-start=\"4420\"\u003eAnd while “Century Rocket” was never its official name, you won’t find a 1950s ad boasting about it, I think my nickname fits. Look at the tapered body, the flared skirt like fins, the playful pink rings around the collar. This wasn’t an accident. In the late 1940s and ’50s, American design was drenched in rocket dreams: tailfins on cars, starbursts on clocks, chrome-plated lamps that looked ready for liftoff. \u003cem\u003eThe Century Rocket\u003c\/em\u003e was born of that same cultural fever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"4887\" data-start=\"4884\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"4922\" data-start=\"4889\"\u003e\n\u003cimg style=\"float: right;\" height=\"263\" width=\"262\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Screenshot_2025-10-01_at_3.06.24_PM.png?v=1759345598\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003eMaybe It Was For the Misses?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"5548\" data-start=\"4924\"\u003eAnd here’s the most intriguing wrinkle: was it even made for men? The cream-and-pink of the original brush feels more vanity table than barbershop. By the 1950s, women were being sold leg-shaving creams and pastel razors in magazines like \u003cem data-end=\"5160\" data-start=\"5150\"\u003eMcCall’s\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-end=\"5187\" data-start=\"5165\"\u003eLadies’ Home Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. Companies were eager to tap the women’s grooming market. Could Century have flirted with that trend too, dressing up a bristle brush in Atomic curves and feminine hues for the modern housewife? We may never know, but the possibility makes this already obscure design even more fascinating: a lost Space Age artifact that might have doubled as a beauty tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"5553\" data-start=\"5550\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"5584\" data-start=\"5555\"\u003eFun Fact: Why “STERILIZED” Matters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"5984\" data-start=\"5586\"\u003eThat bold \u003cstrong data-end=\"5610\" data-start=\"5596\"\u003eSTERILIZED\u003c\/strong\u003e stamp on the base isn’t just marketing, it’s history. After anthrax outbreaks in the 1910s were traced to unclean animal-hair brushes, New York’s Board of Health in 1920 required all shaving brushes to be sterilized and labeled. By the time Century’s Rocket rolled off the line, likely between \u003cstrong data-end=\"5920\" data-start=\"5903\"\u003e1950 and 1955, \u003c\/strong\u003e“Sterilized” was both a reassurance and a badge of modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"5989\" data-start=\"5986\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"6021\" data-start=\"5991\"\u003eThe Moon Stryker in Short\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"6271\" data-start=\"6023\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"6079\" data-start=\"6023\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6079\" data-start=\"6025\"\u003eA modern homage to the rare Atomic Age, \u003cstrong data-end=\"6077\" data-start=\"6053\"\u003eCentury Rocket Brush\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"6133\" data-start=\"6080\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6133\" data-start=\"6082\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"6116\" data-start=\"6082\"\u003eCream \u0026amp; oxblood acrylic handle\u003c\/strong\u003e, built to last\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"6209\" data-start=\"6134\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6209\" data-start=\"6136\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"6167\" data-start=\"6136\"\u003e24 mm hybrid Snickle Synthetic knot\u003c\/strong\u003e: soft tips, firm backbone, lather machine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"6271\" data-start=\"6210\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6271\" data-start=\"6212\"\u003eA design echoing \u003cstrong data-end=\"6269\" data-start=\"6229\"\u003ethe very first sci-fi film ever made!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"6276\" data-start=\"6273\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"6296\" data-start=\"6278\"\u003eBack in Orbit\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6677\" data-start=\"6298\"\u003eCentury has always been the underdog of vintage brush brands. Collectors know Rubberset and Ever-Ready; they stumble less often across a Century. That makes the Rocket design even more obscure, even more collectible. It’s not just a brush, it’s a cultural artifact, a relic from an age when space travel was still fantasy but its curves had already landed in American bathrooms. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBOOOOM!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6847\" data-start=\"6679\"\u003eWhen I hold it now, I don’t just see a shaving tool. I see an artifact of optimism, whimsy, and imagination, one that resonates perfectly with Phoenix Shaving’s ethos. It also feels damn good in the hand; Solid and substantial. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEverything you've come to expect from our Phoenix Shaving Brush Line!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6998\" data-start=\"6849\"\u003eAnd so, after decades of silence, the \u003cem\u003eCentury Rocket\u003c\/em\u003e is back in orbit, \u003cstrong data-end=\"6996\" data-start=\"6919\"\u003ereborn as The Phoenix Shaving  Moon Stryker, ready for many, many more missions into the future! \u003cem\u003eSHAVE ON!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6998\" data-start=\"6849\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"6996\" data-start=\"6919\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNOTE: If you have anymore detail on this particular model brush by Century (Leopold Ascher Brush Corp of New York), please shoot us an email. It would be wonderful to fill in some of the historical gaps before they are lost forever! Write: Support@PhoenixShaving.Com\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6998\" data-start=\"6849\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApprox. 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What 1940's Tom n Jerry episodes are to bakelite, 1960's Tom n Jerry episodes are to Lucite. I think psychedelics may have been responsible for both if I'm being honest. One has to admit there is some lava lamp quality to this particular handle, \u003cem\u003eno?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI should also mention it's 22mm! Since we began our Phoenix Series of brushes there have always been requests for a 22mm. The requests were small but in time have begun to grow so we thought we'd throw you fine folks a bone, ahem...a brush! And what a brush it is!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMicro Super Future Hybrid Knot\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of you would be amazed at how fast synthetic fibers are evolving. With the market and demand for synthetic knots growing, the competition in quality \u0026amp; development will send your head spinning! This is also due to the fact that a lot of big shave giants, like Art of Shaving, are also making the switch to offering only synthetics. This is huge and forcing manufacturers to try and out do each other every other month it seems! Don't panic, we are watching close! That brings us to the Micro Super future!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBesides the visually mesmerizing quality of the handle there's that most mysterious hybrid Micro Super Future knot! Don't confuse this with anything you've seen before, this hybrid is its own special beast made from the latest fiber technology! Super soft, almost gel tipped, punchy with a little more backbone than our other brushes and some nice push back. It really is a sweet piece of shave tech, with a sophisticated futuristic look for certain! Also being smaller in stature than the majority of our other brushes, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eit travels really well!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMade Rite Shaving Brushes, NYC (Bronx)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSadly Made Rite, like so many other vintage brush business is no longer with us. Being a small US company there is little history to be found on them. From what I could piece together however they opened their doors in the early 40's and stuck it out till the 1980's (TM expired in 91). Their brushes would compete with all the others from that time; ever ready, erskin, etc...but it wasn't until the 60's that we see them start to stand out from the rest introducing some more bold and experimental lucite handles. The 116 model is the pinnacle of this new playfulness to me; simple, elegant and very zen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan You Help Solve A Shave Mystery?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease reach out with any info on Made Rite that you have! Our reboots are done in an effort to put the pieces back together and flesh out a lot of these lost, ghost businesses of shaving past! Traditional shaving is my passion, but more so is learning about the history of what got us here. So please, let me know if I'm getting some of this wrong or you know even more! 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