Thread: Boar vs Badger Shaving Brushes Which is Best ?

The boar's extra scritch is a nice thing to have when you want to really exfoliate prior to shaving. In time the tips of a boar brush will be nice and soft and still retain a good backbone for those hard soaps. I use boar brushes for both hard soaps and creams and have no problem using a lathering bowl.

Tried my Pure badger today after months of not using it..................I love my Semogue Boar....forever.

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Tried my Pure badger today after months of not using it..................I love my Semogue Boar....forever.

Awwww. That's sweet. A man and his boar brush.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha !!!

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Tried my Pure badger today after months of not using it..................I love my Semogue Boar....forever.

I like my semogue, and the cheap bristle brush i bought from the chemist, i have a soft badger brush, but its a bit fluffy for my liking.

Boar.........on the other hand...

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I like my semogue, and the cheap bristle brush i bought from the chemist, i have a soft badger brush, but its a bit fluffy for my liking.

This. Had I only ever had one brush and never known the difference it would have been fine, whichever it was.

I have had a number of boars and also badgers. In general, the boars are stiffer and exfoliate more thoroughly, but I've found that they don't hold the amount of lather that the better badgers will, so you end up going back to the puck for multiple pass shaves. I still rotate both, if I had to choose for desert island purposes it would be a best badger.

So my humble 2¢ would be get a badger and compare to the boar that you already have.

Originally Posted by GaryG

I have had a number of boars and also badgers. In general, the boars are stiffer and exfoliate more thoroughly, but I've found that they don't hold the amount of lather that the better badgers will, so you end up going back to the puck for multiple pass shaves. I still rotate both, if I had to choose for desert island purposes it would be a best badger.

So my humble 2¢ would be get a badger and compare to the boar that you already have.

Then there's the answer....a boar brush using MDC...cause it seems that no matter how you load the brush with MDC...there's always ton's to spare!

I have both boar and badger and although they are different I haven't noticed I like on better than the other. For the price point you can get a really good boar brush for the price of a cheap/midland badger. Then again, I would suggest try both so you know personally then decide.