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    Quote Originally Posted by Razorfaust View Post
    For the gentlemen that think boars are scratchy or prickly, yes they might be right out of the box. Give it a months use and you will see it flower into an amazing lathering machine and will keep getting better and softer. No soap will hinder its abilities to bend it into creamy aerated goodness. Badgers of similar size and loft become spineless mops. Let the battle of Badger vs. Boar continue lol.
    You're thinking of typical floppy schmopy brushes. Good badgers like the manchurian and old time two banders are an entirely different brand of animal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER View Post
    Guys i've been using boar brushes my whole time wet shaving. At first it was a $1 made in china piece of junk, that shed like a dog. Sometimes I found more bristles in my lather then facial hair haha. All joking aside then the girlfriend got me an Omega from Shoppers, A Beachwood Handle Pura Stetola. It is really a beautiful brush and after losing a few bristles and breaking in over the months I find it lathers superbly. A quick soak before I make lather and it excels at both bowl lathering and face lathering. Soaps, Croaps and Creams. It's quite soft when broken in and not scratchy at all while still being pleasantly stiff and giving the face a good massage.

    I'll cut to the point now. How many of you guys are satisfied with your boar brushes?
    How many of you like me don't feel the need to purchase an expensive silvertip brush?
    Me,me,me, I do ,I do !! I luuuuv my boars !
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    Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
    You're thinking of typical floppy schmopy brushes. Good badgers like the manchurian and old time two banders are an entirely different brand of animal.
    I agree with you entirely that these high quality badger brushes perform admirably. I enjoy some of them myself. But $200 $300 even more for these fine beasties can be a little daunting. I'm just advocating the use of Boars just because they punch well above their weight class for a mere 20 bucks or less for a good quality one. A painless investment that provides high yield especially for those just entering wet shaving.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Razorfaust View Post
    I agree with you entirely that these high quality badger brushes perform admirably. I enjoy some of them myself. But $200 $300 even more for these fine beasties can be a little daunting. I'm just advocating the use of Boars just because they punch well above their weight class for a mere 20 bucks or less for a good quality one. A painless investment that provides high yield especially for those just entering wet shaving.
    That is a very good point. I would drop the threshold for entry into the 2 band badger quality knot to about $100 for an SOC. Still that is about 10X the cost of my well broken in Omega 10066.

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    I've used a boar brush all my shaving life until 2007 when I switched to straights and badger brushes. I started with the $10 tweeserman badger which was hands down better than my boars. Now after a dozen or so badgers I can't see going backward in civilization to the pig pen. Badgers are not expensive when you can salvage antique boar brushes with a new knot from golden nib for $25. bj
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    Still rate my well-used and dated Omega (boar) 11126 as my favorite brush. I also have a Rudy Vey replica of an M&F L7 with a 53mm+/- Muhle V2 synthetic knot which also ranks right up there.

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    You can get a best badger in a good size for probably around $60 which will still have backbone and not be scratchy.
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    How do you guys justify buying a $200 dollar brush with a marginally better performance when one way below that price range would have a the same effect and do the same thing?
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    Quote Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER View Post
    How do you guys justify buying a $200 dollar brush with a marginally better performance when one way below that price range would have a the same effect and do the same thing?
    Take into consideration how the handle is constructed and the materials used,the time it takes to make them,one of a kind items..
    You can buy a $2000..00 Ivory Plisson Brush,Is it better? of course not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER View Post
    How do you guys justify buying a $200 dollar brush with a marginally better performance when one way below that price range would have a the same effect and do the same thing?
    You don't have to justify it is the answer. You want it, you buy it budget permitting. You are indulging in a bit of decadent excess for the pure pleasure of the ability to do so. At the very worst there is a bit of snob appeal too, possibly. Justify it never, for me at least.

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