Thread: My Vie-Long White Horse Hair Brush arrived

Butterscotch Edition
Model 13065-2

Hair mix: 50% mane hair - 50% tail hair
Overall Length - 107mm.
Handle Length - 54mm.
Loft - 53mm.
Knot - 24mm.






My 3rd brush from Vie-Long but my 1st White Horse
As you can see has no similarity with that Boar that some turkish sellers represent as "Horse" brush.
I haven't test it yet in my face,still is in the preparation stage [white vinegar soluble plus 2 times bowl lathering as a start before touches my skin]
The bristles are much more softer than other Horse brushes from Vie-Long,those who look "red"
There is no "birds nest" effect yet,no smell and does not bloom easily.
Soon i will post photos from the "official" bowl lather test to see how it performs.

Nice looking brush, can't wait to see the lather!

If the knot is like the white horse on the vie-long lord randall it, IMO, performs excellent. It is one of my favorite brushes, badger, boar, horse or synthetic. I have found it softer than any other vie long horse knot with excellent backbone as well. In fact the only horse knot I have that is softer is the 24mm Horse Knot from PC Woodcraft but that has no backbone.
Enjoy the brush!

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Let us know how she performs when she gets out of the prep stage... haven't tried horse brushes yet...

I have the same brush. Once it's broken in you will be very happy. Congratulations

I can see the pictures,i use Mozilla and the site which i use for uploading haven't delete them

Originally Posted by rolodave

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I took my new brush,wash it 2 times,i make palm lather twice
I rinse it and the very next day i made the first test,i was disappointed,here are the photo from the second test:










Unfortunately there is the so called "birds nest" !
I didn't apply too much pressure,i was swirling the brush as i did with all my brushes
I don't like painting moves,those are for a finish work just before the blade starts working.
The volume of the falling water isn't the maximum but still the knot can't resist.
I am not happy,the knot is soft with no good backbone,even a Lijun Silvertip looks better than this brush.
Soon i will post bowl lather photos,there looks good but when the real job began this brush has only few things to show.

It's a good brush with adequate backbone and tip is very soft.

In the beginning nothing seems bad,that's why i say that bowl lather photos are good for "show"





After few swirling moves in my face
The knot starts to open for what we called as "bird's nest" although i say it "grenade effect"



This is after the towel drying procedure



This brush is good only for paintings moves which i don't like them at all as a part of main shave
I didn't bought a brush having in my mind that i can't use it for swirling.

I let the brush soaked 30 sec in hot water,look how it came out !
The only "pressure" on this brush was his own weight,if a knot can stand the weight of a handle can you imagine latter while swirling the results?



After the few seconds that i start swirling



Face lather results



If i wanted a brush just for painting moves i could buy a cheap chinese brush for 4 euro
Even a Lijun brush has much better backbone and no "bird nest effect,i am done with this brush
I am not an expert,i have tested about 120 brushes-this one is not for me.