Best Brush for my husband? and yes i've ready the wikis! :D

Hi All!

First off thank you all for the great info I have used to purchase my husband his first straight razor! I got him a dovo special tortoise 5/8 and strop set from SRD (woohoo for free for life honing! thought i also found a local professional to show him how) but now I am wondering what type of brush would be best for him. I would like to go a little classier than the tweezerman and am looking to spend under $50. I am familiar with bristle and badger brushes in an artists capacity ( ie. I know the difference between the stiffness of the two) but have no idea what would be right for his shave!

he has a very coarse beard and rather tough, rarely blemishing skin if that helps at all...would boar be a better fit for him?

I have also gotten him some trufitt & Hill trafalgar cream for his shave. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks
- R

A Lot of this is personal preference so really your budget will dictate what you get. I would recommend a best badger. You might have to stretch to maybe 60-65 or maybe not depending on the size. You should be able to pick one up in a smaller size for your price. A mid sized one a little more but check around.

For the money I have been very happy with the 2 Franks brushes I bought on Ebay. The Finest with the shorter loft seems to be a good all purpose brush.

You could get a couple of these and stay under $50 easily.

I hear good things about the New Forest and
Vulfix has some inexpensive brushes as well. My first brush was a $25 Vulfix.

Franks can be found here

I am not affiliated with Franks Shaving or Ian Tang, The items I mentioned in this post were purchased by me for personal use and gifts.

Rocky3-I will second the recommendation for the Frank's brush. I bought a silvertip badger for my son for Christmas for my son for about $30 with shipping, and now want one for myself. And he will love the T&H Trafalgar; it's a great classy cream with an awesome scent. What a lucky man he must be!

I notice your point that you want to go classier than the tweezerman, and whilst there are probably more luxurious brushes than the tweezerman, in fact i own one, my tweezerman is my goto brush as it's firmer and gives a better more consistent lather than my others. So please don't rule it out.

Geek.

One of my favorite brushes is the one I got from Penworks. Your budget would buy any one of the fantastic brushes that are for sale there.

+1, Geek-I also like my Tweezerman!

Check over @ Art of Shaving. I picked up one of their badger brushes a number of years ago and it's still serving me well.

Great, thank you all for the advice. I think I may go for the frank. I will update, or have him update, about the selections.
- much appreciated!

- R

Lucky man is he...I'm suggesting a Vulfix Best or Super Badger to be used with the cream. I bought one for myself and then another for my son. We both like them a lot. We went thru Classic Shaving as the vendor. Merry Christmas!!!
:boohoo:

I'm a big fan of the Edwin Jagger best badger brush. I had mine shipped over from England for less than 40.00.

Nothing says i love you more than a Thater Brush. So get the love of your life a 24mm Silver Tip,he will love you long time,trust me!!!

i second BanjoTom--I did the exact same thing a number of years ago at the same retailer--www.classicshaving.com
The badger hair absorbs water just like human hair, it will also retain some heat very well for a warmer lather.

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Originally Posted by ZethLent

One of my favorite brushes is the one I got from Penworks. Your budget would buy any one of the fantastic brushes that are for sale there.

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I hadn't looked into them, until your post. viewing your link, I realized I often drive by their shop, and very close to where I live.

Figured wouldn't be neighborly if I didn't stopped by. They have a great selection in a nice shop. Lots of brush inventory, displaying two and a half ceiling tall display cases of brushes plus their other products elsewhere. If was nice being helped by someone knowledgeable about details of each one. Also as you pointed out, attractive pricing, so picked up three new brushes on my visit.

Thanks for the recommendation.

I would suggest a good badger hair brush. It will retain lots of water & it should last him a long time. I'd advise spending the money once for a better quality brush. It will make his shaves that much better. You should still be able to get one for well under $100.00. Hope he enjoys straight razor shaving!