Thread: Whats the best shaving brush

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Just to define a couple things,Boar is not hair,nor is Hourse or syns,they are solid Fibers.All will make lather without question.

First time I hear about this. What do you mean they are not hair? Aren't they made from keratin as all hair, nails and corns in mammals? Hair is keratin fibers. Is boar and horse hair made not by keratin fibers but by something else?

Originally Posted by Slur

First time I hear about this. What do you mean they are not hair? Aren't they made from keratin as all hair, nails and corns in mammals? Hair is keratin fibers. Is boar and horse hair made not by keratin fibers but by something else?

They may be made of Keritin,but they are fibers (solid).

Safe to say the structure is different.

Even though I use a couple of badger brushes in my rotation. I have a well broken in Omega Pro Boar that is my go to brush when I have a couple of days growth, It really gets in there. Loading and lathering even the hardest pucks is a breeze. Great performance at a painless price point.

I made my purchase.
I bought a Vie-Long, never heard of them before but it seem like a quality piece and the price was reasonable I think.
Hopefully customs wont try to bleed me to badly .
Vie-Long Silvertip Badger Hair Shaving Brush, Olive Wood Handle | Shaving

Originally Posted by JOB15

I made my purchase.
I bought a Vie-Long, never heard of them before but it seem like a quality piece and the price was reasonable I think.
Hopefully customs wont try to bleed me to badly .
Vie-Long Silvertip Badger Hair Shaving Brush, Olive Wood Handle | Shaving

I am just curious why you decided on the Vie-Long, a Spanish company and I assume you purchased it from a Canadian distributor by the link you posted. Am I wrong to believe that selecting one of the very fine UK manufacturers such as Simpson, Rooney, Vulfix or Kent would be maybe locally advantageous for you? Just thinking out loud mind you, i'm sure you will be happy with your decision.

Enjoy

I have several brushes.
1) Whipped Dog 30/65mm Silver Tip Badger Black&White Marbled Resin Handle * {My Preferred Brush}
2)"Old Corps"& "Oscar 11" Custom 28/65mm TGN Finest Badger F-2 Knot Resin Handle Brush * {This is my go to Brush}
3)"Oscar11" Custom 24/48mm TGN Super Finest Black& White Resin Handle ** {This is my Favorite Travel Brush}

Originally Posted by Razorfaust

I am just curious why you decided on the Vie-Long, a Spanish company and I assume you purchased it from a Canadian distributor by the link you posted. Am I wrong to believe that selecting one of the very fine UK manufacturers such as Simpson, Rooney, Vulfix or Kent would be maybe locally advantageous for you? Just thinking out loud mind you, i'm sure you will be happy with your decision.

Enjoy

I chose Vie-Long for 2 reasons , firstly that piece of olive wood is beautiful and I think that most brush handles are un inspiring , secondly all the other top brush producers don't seem to make smaller brushes apart from Edwin Jagger and I have theirs anyway.
Oh and thirdly Spanish women are the most attractive on earth

I tried the Vie-Long horse for quite a while but the pickiness never gave up and it got unplleasant.

Originally Posted by JOB15

I chose Vie-Long for 2 reasons , firstly that piece of olive wood is beautiful and I think that most brush handles are un inspiring , secondly all the other top brush producers don't seem to make smaller brushes apart from Edwin Jagger and I have theirs anyway.
Oh and thirdly Spanish women are the most attractive on earth

I see now this was all about getting wood and Spanish women. By all means carry on