A personal care implement comprising: a base having a handle region, an oral engaging region, a neck (14, 1400) between the handle region and the oral engaging region, the base further comprising a recess (277, 1279) surrounding a handle and/or the neck and having a first boundary (277A, 2177 A) and a second boundary (277B, 23177B) the first boundary being more distant from a distal end than the second boundary, wherein the base comprises a first material, and a collar comprising a second material disposed in the recess, and wherein the second material is softer than the first material, characterized in that the first boundary is disposed at an angle of greater than 90 degrees with respect to a mold parting line (280, 2280) of the oral care implement, and along the first boundary (277, 1279A), the base comprises an intermediate first boundary width which extends through an intermediate first boundary point which is at the intersection of a mold parting line and the first boundary (277A, 1279A), and the base has no width along the first boundary (277A, 1279A) which is greater than that of the intermediate first boundary width, and along the second boundary (277B, 23177B), the base comprises an intermediate second boundary width which extends through an intermediate second boundary point which is at the intersection of the mold parting line and the second boundary (277B, 23177B), and the base has no width along the second boundary (277B, 23177B) which is greater than that of the intermediate second boundary width, and the recess further comprises an intermediate area disposed between the first boundary and the second boundary, and in the intermediate area the base comprises a primary intermediate width extending through a primary intermediate area point where the mold parting line intersects a thinnest portion of the width of the intermediate area, and the base has no width along the thinnest portion of the intermediate area which is greater than that of the primary intermediate width. a base having a handle region, an oral engaging region, a neck (14, 1400) between the handle region and the oral engaging region, the base further comprising a recess (277, 1279) surrounding a handle and/or the neck and having a first boundary (277A, 2177 A) and a second boundary (277B, 23177B) the first boundary being more distant from a distal end than the second boundary, wherein the base comprises a first material, and a collar comprising a second material disposed in the recess, and wherein the second material is softer than the first material, characterized in that the first boundary is disposed at an angle of greater than 90 degrees with respect to a mold parting line (280, 2280) of the oral care implement, and along the first boundary (277, 1279A), the base comprises an intermediate first boundary width which extends through an intermediate first boundary point which is at the intersection of a mold parting line and the first boundary (277A, 1279A), and the base has no width along the first boundary (277A, 1279A) which is greater than that of the intermediate first boundary width, and along the second boundary (277B, 23177B), the base comprises an intermediate second boundary width which extends through an intermediate second boundary point which is at the intersection of the mold parting line and the second boundary (277B, 23177B), and the base has no width along the second boundary (277B, 23177B) which is greater than that of the intermediate second boundary width, and the recess further comprises an intermediate area disposed between the first boundary and the second boundary, and in the intermediate area the base comprises a primary intermediate width extending through a primary intermediate area point where the mold parting line intersects a thinnest portion of the width of the intermediate area, and the base has no width along the thinnest portion of the intermediate area which is greater than that of the primary intermediate width.