Thread: Circular vs straight brush strokes

Originally Posted by Utopian

Glen, I grew up on a farm and "cut" a lot of barbed wire that way. I thought of that even before I wrote the above but was trying to understand the logic of the brush vendor. Don't worry, I was not arguing for Robin!

Anyway, while still trying to come to terms with what the brushmaker said, the breaking you described is only accomplished when you are focusing the bending at one specific location rather than along the entire length. I envisioned the issue had to do with pulling the end of the hair out of the knot rather than to a breaking of the hair somewhere along its length.

I have tried to figure it too

Besides just lack of brush care period

it seems to me that the two things that would effect wear the most,,, is the actual "Edge" of the handle where the knot meets it, and the texture of the Cup/Scuttle/Mug

Using the pumping motion when loading and smashing the brush might be worse but it also lessens the swirling time by a substantial amount so maybe it is a trade off

I only know that my two oldest Badger brushes in the den do not shed, and show no signs of damage, and I am pretty abusive by reading this thread


Once again just for clarification I think the whole issue is ridicules, and I am awaiting a square soap/container better yet 8" x 3" to get better surface contact while loading...