Thread: Boar

Originally Posted by cariocarj01

Semogue 1800 is my favorite.

+1 Solid performer - great value and a good place to start.

If you are a fan of the Piggy (Boar) there are a lot of great choices for a fraction of the cost of the top quality Badgers.
Not that this saves a lot of $$$ - as those funds flow in to Razors, Hones & Soaps...
But every bit helps...

I like my Semogue Owners Club.

I would like to say thank you to all of the guys that gave advice on this thread. Because of you I now have to explain to my wife why I am buying another new brush. I did manage to hide the new razor and scales I just got.

Omega #80267 I really like it!

Originally Posted by KingHooper

I would like to say thank you to all of the guys that gave advice on this thread. Because of you I now have to explain to my wife why I am buying another new brush. I did manage to hide the new razor and scales I just got.

Omega #80267 I really like it!

I've stopped explaining... I've run out of good reasons and she has run out of energy (trying to get reasons from me).

What is, is, and no amount of debate will change things.

Originally Posted by Redcane

I have had this brush since I first started shaving and it has never gotten wet. Not sure why but boar has never interested me.

Well my wife and kids are out of town so I am bored. I honed a razor and started digging through all my equipment and I found this brush. It's the weekend so I won't shave, but I got it out, soaked it and lathered up some soap. It has to be the cheapest brush on earth but man... I LOVED IT. Now I need to buy a nice boar brush. I feel like I have been cheating myself all this time.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a really nice boar brush?

I luuuv my 1305 and 620. Here ya go...nuffin finer. Do it.....do it now.Semogue Boar Shaving Brushes

+1 on the Omega Pro, great value for the price.

Originally Posted by Straightandproud

That looks like a VDH boar in your picture. I have the same one in black. it was my first boar brush. I did alright with it but found it lacking for bowl lathering hard soaps. Purchased a Semogue 2000 and couldn't believe the difference. Bowl lathering is a sinch with the longer loft and better backbone. I prefer the "scritchyness" of a boar. You get a lot of bang for your buck with a boar.

Being a newbie (lurker), I'm reluctant to chip in here, but I can do a positive ID on the brush in the picture. I just bought a strop/razor/brush combo and the exact same brush (unused, NIB) came with it all. It's a Surrey 100% natural boar bristle brush, from Leander, TX. Seems to me to work OK (but then again, I'm not much of a reference source yet.) FWIW

Tim (Howdy to all!)

Originally Posted by BusaMan

Being a newbie (lurker), I'm reluctant to chip in here, but I can do a positive ID on the brush in the picture. I just bought a strop/razor/brush combo and the exact same brush (unused, NIB) came with it all. It's a Surrey 100% natural boar bristle brush, from Leander, TX. Seems to me to work OK (but then again, I'm not much of a reference source yet.) FWIW

Tim (Howdy to all!)

Welcome to SRP Tim.....lurk and chip with gusto my friend...we don't bite much here heh.

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Welcome to SRP Tim.....lurk and chip with gusto my friend...we don't bite much here heh.

I appreciate that, Nightblade. We appear to be "neighbors". Neat.

Right now, I'm in full "information absorb" mode. Maybe in a few years, I'll know enough to chime in from time to time. For now, just getting most of the whiskers mowed down, without requiring a transfusion, is my immediate objective.

Tim

Originally Posted by BusaMan

I appreciate that, Nightblade. We appear to be "neighbors". Neat.

Right now, I'm in full "information absorb" mode. Maybe in a few years, I'll know enough to chime in from time to time. For now, just getting most of the whiskers mowed down, without requiring a transfusion, is my immediate objective.

Tim

No worries but, you don't need to wait a few years in order to chime. There is a learning curve to all this but within a month you'll surprise yourself as to what you'll soak up. Besides , it's too late now, you've already chimed in lol. Enjoy the ride, it's worth the ticket .