Thread: What's your favorite shaving brush?

For me, right now is a synthetic knot set in a handmade resin handle.

Difficult question. It's like picking a favorite color or song or child. Depends a lot on my mood. I have three brushes that get a lot of attention. A custom I got as a gift from a friend, a custom made with wood from a tree I fell and milled, and a cheap brush I take on the road with me. I am away from home more than 6 months a year. I would use the other two more if I was not afraid to take them away when I go. I could not choose between the two customs. They are perfect brushes for me with different handle styles. The cheap brush I use I steamed the knot out of it and reset it twice in order to get it just right. I like a soft brush with a lot of backbone, I tend to face lather and use hard soaps.
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All my brushes are silver tip badger.

That is as difficult as favorite razor but... Today if I had to pick three they would be a Simpson Polo in Super, a Vulfix 377 in Silvertip, a custom Shavemac in two-band.

Tomorrow that may all change but these three have great tall handles, super soft tips, no scritch, and have been favorites for a while.

In badger it would be Simpsons Manchurian, in boar Omega 10066 and in synthetic it would be Simpsons Chubby 2. Generally I reach for one of my synthetics more than the others.

Bob

So far, my Plisson High Mountain White #10 Badger Brush rules supreme for me, for face lathering my Simpson's Chubby 1 Super Badger is hard to beat, my Walleyman custom is fun to change things up, and today after a fun purchase from the Classifieds here at SRP, going to try the biggest mother of a brush I've personally ever seen, a Polo 10 Super Badger...looks like it will be a monster bowl latherer and may only need to dab myself somewhere in my nose region to lather my entire face....

My three Thater 4292's a 3, 4 & 5. All dual band silver tips. Can't say I like one more than the others, but I sure like them all.

I started out with a couple common commercial brushes like a Jagger but, once I discovered The Golden Nib ( Pen Kits | Fine Writing Supplies | Wet Shaving Parts & Brushes | The Golden Nib ) I've been buying my own parts to build my brushes.

I've found I really like their Standard Silvertip for Badger and I like the 3-Band Nylon Synthetic. I only own a handful of Brushes but only one is a Vintage Nylon while the rest are TGN Brushes.

Here's a Standard Silvertip 20mm that we put into an Ebony handle that I turned with a lot of help a couple years ago at a Yakma Meet.

My cheap boar brushes get the workout 6 days a week and whatever looks good to me on Sunday.
~Richard

I have a Thater 4292/5 that I got a couple weeks ago, and it's fantastic. I've tried a couple of boar brushes but didn't really like them. I pretty much use the same brush for every shave.

Actually vie long horse hair butterscotch handle. It produces great foam with any cream or soap. In FL for me it's pleasant. The second is Omega Proraso... I prefer it over omega 48... The dimension of knot and length of bristles are good for relaxant massage (but this after a good break about 20/25 shave)