Thread: NOS vintage brush use

You will find it to have lot less backbone than our new style of brushes. ( It will be floppy) That said, it will do a very good job with softer soaps and cremes. I do like to use mine of that vintage, boar, badger, and mixed.
Enjoy it!
~Richard

Theses brushes are obviously old but look and feel quite nice. I think I'll try shampoo/conditioner and cholesterol to restore their luster.


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Cool! I like to run an O-ring up and over the handle and onto the hairs on the oldies so the outer hairs can survive and a bit of stiffness is gained. Old brushes will sometimes be awesome!

Originally Posted by wyobarbershop

Theses brushes are obviously old but look and feel quite nice. I think I'll try shampoo/conditioner and cholesterol to restore their luster.


Good stuff

Man those are beautiful. I picked up 3 NOS and 4 used vintage brushes in the past. One of the NOS was very dry and needed the treatment you are using. The NOS were fantastic. Two of the used ones (a badger and a boar) turned out great. The remaining two used ones are shelved as project handles sometime in the near future.

Let us know how they turned out.

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So far I've only used the black and butterscotch Fuller "Pure Badger" and after the conditioning it performed great without breakage or abnormal loss of (quills?). Thanks for your kind words.

Those are some nice specimens! However you chose to prep them, I'm sure once they have been broken in a bit they'll be great. I always just make several lathers with Mitchell's Wool Fat and go from there.