Agreed - my #10 (smallest) Plisson HMW badger brush was the end of the road for me, hands down the best brush I've ever used...the rest get used when I think the Plisson needs a rest...;)
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No Boar ? No party !
The same way people justify having more than one razor. Unless you somehow use two at a time to shave, more than one is excess. Ok, if you're not honing yourself, having a backup while the other is shipped off for honing makes sense. How many guys here only have 2?
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After reading this thread, I decided to give my old boar brush a try. It has at least a year's worth of use, as I had at one point used soap and brush while cartridge shaving. Well, I'm going to have to buy an Omega to see the appeal, because despite being well broken in, I felt like I was using porcupine quills on my neck...there was nothing soft about it at all. Granted, it was a very cheap brush, so my judgement (for now) applies only to my specific brush and not boar in general.
Do yourself a favor and spend a little extra and get a 30mm boar brush from Whipped dog. It is WAY softer than my omega and hold enough lather to shave for two days...just my opinion. The only problem is that it doesn't fit my brush stand and I have to improvise to dry it upside down. Not knocking the Omega as I have a 1066 and enjoy it very much also just not in the same league with the whipped dog.
Added benefit of the boar is it tears into hard soaps with aplomb...if it can be altered with a brush this one will do it. I have no vested interest in whipped dog just very happy with the product and service. I also have a whipped dog 26mm silvertip and I prefer the boar to it as well as my AOS badger brush.