Thread: My Perfect Brush Handle

Gentlemen,

The brush is the nucleus of the wet shaving world. I can't see my morning shave without it. Throughout the years, I have journeyed through a big collection of shaving brushes, from silvertip to pure badger, boar to horse, and, yes, now synthetic, from Thater to Simpson, Kent to Rooney, Semogue to Omega. I have liked some, disliked others.

What makes the perfect brush for me is the combination of hair type, knot size and shape, and handle. Yes, the handle. I have yet to find that perfect brush. Perhaps it doesn't even exist, who knows?

Yet I am closest than ever to the perfect brush handle, if not perfect. Perfect for me, I should emphasize. That handle is on the Simpson Milk Churn model. I love this handle. It fits my hands perfectly, with the perfect weight and grip, and the perfect feel in the hands. That the Simpson Milk Churn is in "best" badger takes a few stars away from this brush. Had the knot been in the Simpson "super" grade, the brush would have been celestial. Still, I love this brush, especially for the handle.

Indeed, the Simpson Milk Churn has my favorite brush handle.

Gentlemen, what is your favorite brush handle?