Thread: Boar Brushes

There is definitely a difference between boar and badger. I have a heck of a time getting a good lather built with the boars, especially with soap. I used my travel tube badger for the past 5 days, and didn't have any trouble with that, even though this was its first use. I suppose I'll keep trying the boars every now and then, but honestly, since I've found something that works, I'm not really inclined to change.

As far as scratchy boar brushes, buy a low quality, no name brush from Amazon and you will see. Even a $10 Omega brush, though inexpensive, is stiff but gentle because there is quality there.

You might expect a cheap no-name boar to be bad, but you wouldn't expect an expensive name brand badger to be bad and flop over your face like a wet noodle. Again, personal preference. One man's invigorating face latherer is another man's stiff scratchy brush; one man's luxurious soft brush is another man's flopper.

Originally Posted by EV2

You might expect a cheap no-name boar to be bad, but you wouldn't expect an expensive name brand badger to be bad and flop over your face like a wet noodle. Again, personal preference. One man's invigorating face latherer is another man's stiff scratchy brush; one man's luxurious soft brush is another man's flopper.

'Wet' is key. In brushes AND noodles!

Fully 90% of the very high end badger Brushes that I have reknotted have had lofts set way to high.
HAve done some $300 brushes with knots set at 65mm,thats nutz.

I have an inexpensive Omega 10066 boar brush that is well broken in and is just lovely for face lathering. It took me a while to realize that for badger and synthetic knots I prefer the loft to be roughly 2X the knot size give or take a bit for face lathering. I do not soak any of them prior to loading from a puck, just damp is fine for a start.

Bob

I really like my Semogue Excelsior boar brushes. Plenty of spine without being to scratchy. Doesn't take long for them to break in either...