Thread: Brush Has Gone "Soft"

Great idea pixelfixed!
I have been using a Chinese pure badger brush for a few months now and really like it.
It only soaks as long as it takes for the sink to fill and is rinsed well afterward. Than it is flicked a few times and fluffed on a towel untill fairly dry and hung.
I hope it doesn't develope the dreaded floppies.

Originally Posted by Galaxy51

Great idea pixelfixed!
I have been using a Chinese pure badger brush for a few months now and really like it.
It only soaks as long as it takes for the sink to fill and is rinsed well afterward. Than it is flicked a few times and fluffed on a towel untill fairly dry and hung.
I hope it doesn't develope the dreaded floppies.

With shaving brushes,(and other things in Life) Floppiness happens sometimes

I bought that same brush for my father a long time ago and also noticed it seemed thin/floppy. I think it was just a function of knot density and loft.
The TGN finest knots seem to perform really well if you wanted to replace.
Pixelfixed's suggestion also seems like a good one to try

Originally Posted by asudue86

It is a parker 100% pure badger bristle brush. Pixelfixed I can't answer much more than that. I bought the brush as a "starter" when I got into straight razor shaving thinking I would upgrade. I really liked the brush up until it started getting floppy.

I've never seen a badger that looked like that; I think someone slipped you a beaver brush,,,

It's just a pretty basic brush with a thin fill. I'm not sure you can do anything other than what pixel suggested.

The price of Quality Knots is going up,the supply is going down,you get what you pay for.

My understanding is that most, if not all, new brush knots are from China. I find that ordering from China to be taking a chance. Sometimes I have got what was described and sometimes not.
The brush I presently use is a very cheap Chinese Pure Badger that turned out to be a very nice brush.
I have several knots of better quality badger that I haven't made up yet.
I guess time will tell if the knots hold up or not.

An o-ring is an interesting idea. Please let us know if you end up trying this. I'm interested to know how it turns out.

Originally Posted by FacialDirt

An o-ring is an interesting idea. Please let us know if you end up trying this. I'm interested to know how it turns out.

I have heard it suggested a few times before, seems reasonable, as it would effectively reduce the loft, i am not sure how it would affect drying though, maybe stsrt with something easily removed like a wide elastic band wound round a few times.

Thanks everyone. Pixelfixed I'm going to try your o-ring idea and I'll report back with results. I'll probably end up replacing the thing and it was a rather cheap brush. Like I said it was my first brush so I'm sure I've done a lot of things that have been wrong which may have led to it being like it is. I just didn't want to pay the price for an expensive one on my first go around.

The other i spoke of is from China. It has an LS sticker on it and I bought it off Ebay. It is a lot more stiff than my parker. It claimed to be a badger silvertip but I'm not schooled enough yet to know if I actually got what I purchased.