Thread: Simpsons Berkeley shedding

So I use my Berkeley for face lathering and I have owned it for three months now and each pass it sheds a hair or two. I have only been wet shaving for a six months. Is this normal or something I am causing to happen

A hair or two is no big deal during the initial period of use. How many times have you used the brush? At some point it should stop. If you have used the brush every day and it's still doing it after a few months then you might want to contact the vendor.

Mine shed for quite some time, if I remember correctly. Months and Months. Then it just stopped. Go figure!

Last nights shave was the first shave with out a shedder. I am hopeful it stopped

My EJ used to shed one, or two bristles on each shave. I thought it was going to stop and indeed, there was a period when it stopped for a while,but then started again, 2, 3, 4 bristles every now again. It was my only badger for a long while... Then after about 1.5 years, I got a Simpson's Colonel. Literally on the next shave I used my EJ, it suddenly decided to lose 20-30 bristles....and obviously, if tried to use it again, it would keep shedding because the knot has now become too loose.

It all seems like too much of a coincidence to me, perhaps the EJ got heartbroken....

On a more serious note, pay close attention to shedding, because constant shedding will just produce more shedding and not less. Initially, for the first 2-3-4 shaves, it's fine. Anything longer than that, especially on a reputable product, would have me looking for warranty papers.

I do not think a hair or two per shave is something to be concerned about.
I stumbled upon a thread about a shedding Simpsons and learned a few things in regards to brush maintenance.
Washing with shampoo a few times and combing when dry will help removing loose hairs. After that if the brush keeps on shedding a few hairs every shave, you may want t o contact Simpsons and see what they say about it.