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Three weeks in and I am ready to move past my $7 drugstore brush. I am fortunate enough to have a shop that sells a limmitted number of shaving suppies in town. can a few people chime in and give me say thier top 1-2 suggestions from this page?
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For the smaller badger knot sizes avoid the fan shapes and gravitate to the tighter shapes.

A large knot size boar brush by a name brand is a win for most folk.

I have a couple different brushes but the DOVO "Micarta" Silvertip Shave Brush is a clear
winner in its class. It is only bested by more expensive large knot Thater brushes in my collection.

For badger and boar brushes all the knots seem to have the same makers and the big differences
is the handle material, size and finish. If you can get one in your hand that will tell a lot.

I have a Vie-Long boar brush that lathers nicely and much better than their horse hair at the same size.

Good boar is not scratchy in my opinion!

If you have hard water the soap or cream is most important not the brush.
Proraso Shave Cream is one of the better creams for all types of water.

If the budget is tight a top of the line big knot boar brush is a bargain and the way to go.
If the budget has more room a good quality $110-140 badger brush ( 19-20mm knot size).
Crazy budget look at Thater and Edwin Jagger brushes with a knot of 24mm and bigger are way good stuff.
The prices are way up there too.

Note well (N.B.) a big brush like a 25mm brush wants a BIG lathering bowl
or scuttle so do match your lathering bowl to the brush you get.

My $7 boar VDH brush still gets used. I love it for face lathering when
I have a crusty salty face that needs cleaning as much as lathering.

My biased recommendation is to hunt a deluxe boar brush from the
likes of Omega, Edwin Jagger many many more.