Thread: Review of Richard Black Badger Brush

I recently bought a Richard Black badger brush off of his’ Etsy site (from Woodstocknsticks) to go with my new purple scuttle. To me, I have only been blown away by two brushes; one a Simpson’s Special Pure Badger (because it was so small I wasn’t expecting alot) and the Richard Black Brush. I knew the brush was pretty, and it was advertised as “Silver Tip badger hair,” but to be honest I really wasn’t expecting much more than my silver tip brushes.

Well, I put the brush in my scuttle to soak while I went to strop my razor, and when I came back, I couldn’t believe all the water that brush was holding. I shook some out, got a little TOB’s coconut and went to work in the scuttle. It absolutely exploded the lather and cut my lather prep time in half. Then I put that warm lather brush on my face and I felt like I was in heaven. The brush was super smooth and it continued making even more lather on my face.

The Richard Black Badger Brush was an extremely good value at $65, and I would stack it up against an brush I have. According to the web site, “the knot in this brush is 24mm Silver Tip badger hair, the best of the best for shaving brushes. I made the custom handle from an awesome piece of Charoite Tru-Stone. The overall height of this brush is 3.75 inches and the loft 49mm.” According to his’ Etsy site, Richard will also do custom requests. No doubt, I will be getting another brush from Richard in the near future.

I'm a bit confused,,,, did you make the brush or did you buy the brush from Woodstocknsticks,,, are you Richard?

I bought the brush from Richard's Etsy website; which is Woodstocknsticks. I have never met Richard, but I felt his brush making skills were worth taking the time to pass on. I have gotten two things on Etsy and both purchases far exceeded my expectations.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

I'm a bit confused,,,, did you make the brush or did you buy the brush from Woodstocknsticks,,, are you Richard?

Is the charoite the real deal or something else. The mineral is very hard to get and quite rare only found in one place in the world.

Regardless, that is a terrific looking brush. Great knot size. You will have to post a "post bloom" photo too.

Enjoy!

I have in mind my TGN-FS black badgers
They were black indeed although the WD was not so much.
Your has lot of "blond" bristles,it's very nice looking brush
Enjoy and happy shavings.

As above,have never seen a black badger like that,nice looking brush.

Lince, the Richard Black post bloom brush looks even better. I am so happy with the brush. It holds it own all day against my Simpson Chubby 2. The Chubby is a little better but is also was over double the price, and certainly not twice as good.

Originally Posted by Lince

Regardless, that is a terrific looking brush. Great knot size. You will have to post a "post bloom" photo too.

Enjoy!

That is not a black badger Knot.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

That is not a black badger Knot.

Yes, looks more like silvertip to me...which if I remember is a higher grade than the black?