Thread: Boar Brushes

Originally Posted by Razorfaust

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.

Bob

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

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.

You can get a best badger in a good size for probably around $60 which will still have backbone and not be scratchy.

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?

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

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.

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

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.

Bob

Just like justifying a 75k truck over a30k truck it's all what you want and can afford, my wife doesn't a wear 200 dollar rings either So that's my input lots of reasons to spend more , like in good shoes or fine wines. Etc. etc. tc

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

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?

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?