Thread: What was your first shaving brush...

Fill in and (if possible) show off.

I Had a boar one that was owned by my father...

my first brush was a VDH brush, not sure what it was made of. My second brush however was a knot from TGN, just the knot now handle lol, ended up deploying soon after I got it and didn't have time to make a handle but it still worked lol

Culmark Spartan, bought in 1975.

My first brush was my grandfathers old Gillette synthetic.

A terrible brush, thick nylon bristles, almost like fishing line, no water retention and scrubby as a hedgehog.

Still got it though, and use it once or twice a year, it was my gradfathers....

I got a 25$ pure badger (store brand from fendrihan) 20 months ago. Since then I got a cheap silvertip (also fendrihan store brand), a Semogue OC 2011 LE (finest badger & lots of backbone!) and a Plisson pure badger (still new in its box). And yet I still reach for the cheap pure badger almost every day...

Cheers.

A horse hair brush from ebay and if memory serves it cost $8. The fact i replaced it with a $16 badger hair brush a month later would likely give an indication as to how much I enjoyed it. I use the horsehair brush to apply chromium oxide powder to strips now which it does very well.

My first was a CM best badger.

Hofferitz in best,mid 70s,williams cutlery, palo alto Calif.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Hofferitz in best,mid 70s

Ditto, a Hoiffritz @ $80.00 in 1972 or '73. Down Miami at either the Midway Mall down south or maybe the Westland Mall up at 103rd st and I-95 ....... can't remember which. Used that brush for thirty years. Mostly with a bar of Ivory or Dove in the palm of my hand and face lathered. Moved along since then.

A simpson Persian Jar 2 in Silver tip badger.
Bought it from SRD some 4+ years ago, and it is still one of my favs.