Not plastic. Some tools are luxurious. We found this dust broom in a hardware store or lumber yard in the last year, but - for the life of us - we can't remember where. We bought two. The have a classic, hardwood handle with natural bristles that are soft as a baby's bottom and yet stiff enough to brush out the dirt. It's so nice, however, you may be tempted NOT to use it on your floors....
After a good deal of use and the pleasure of having something that isn't plastic or made up of bright colors in our closet, we elect our HB Smith to our best products. The only problem is that after repeated Googling, we can't find it or the company anywhere online. Please help if you have a link.
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Very interesting -- around here, N.Y.C.H.A. stands for the New York City Housing Authority, the corrupt and inept operators of low-income housing projects.
Perhaps a box of these fell off of a truck???
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It reminds me of a brush my dad would use to dust off the eraser sheddings and pencil lead dust from his drawings before CAD programs (he's an architect). Just a bit wider...
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H.B. Smith is a boiler company, and they do indeed seem to supply the NYCHA. So you don't need to find H.B. Smith, you need to figure out who makes brushes for H.B. Smith.
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a lot of companies make them. here's one:
Laitner Counter Duster
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200309626_200309626
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That's a good looking brush. I did see a variety of brushes at John Derian on E 2nd Street. They said they were hand carved and made of natural fibers.
I will admit they were very soft to the touch and were as beautiful as a brush could look.
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Chris M,
I still use one of those brushes. It's about half as wide as the one shown. I still draw with a pencil, sometimes! I is an engineer.
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