Originally Posted by
BKratchmer
As far as brushes go, I have a 28mm silvertip from Vulfix, and a 18 or so mm travel size from Crabtree & Evelyn (I'm pretty sure it was made by Vulfix) in pure badger.
Personally, I love the feel of the big silvertip, but it wastes a LOT of soap, and doesn't actually make lather particularly well/ efficiently with soaps. Most days I find myself reaching for the smaller, stiffer brush to whip up a good lather and really work it in to the beard.
That said, it really is personal preferance... maybe there is someone/someplace you can visit to feel the hair of each? The best I can describe the difference is that the silvertip is like the finest hairs in an artist-grade paintbrush, while the pure badger is more like a horsehair paintbrush kind of feel...