Smelly Badger Brush

[rupert87]

I've now bought 3 Badger Brushes.
I remember my first gave the lather a slightly stale smell for the first week or two I had it if I left it in the mug of foam during my shower. It now doesn't smell of anything. I bought another badger brush a couple of days ago and it really smells quite strong. I'm tempted to say it's a bit animaly but I'm not sure and it hasn't gone after being used for 3 days, being soaked for 10 minutes in warm soapy water and washed twice with shampoo.
I bought a lovely big brush today at Trumpers at it smells very pleasant straight out the box. The first two brushes were from Taylors.

Will brush No. 2 ever smell good or is something wrong with it?

[jnich67]

I think its a hit or miss thing as to how much, if at all, you get the badger smell. The scent lingers longer on some brushes than others. I'd give it a another week of use before becoming concerned.

Jordan

[ucliker]

try soaking it in borax works for me

[DwarvenChef]

Guess I lived with furry things so long that I didn't smell the "Musk" on the hairs. I always figured when my brush smelled of freshly washed critter it was clean.

[xman]

try soaking it in borax works for me

That sounds too harsh for me.
Keep using it with your favourite soap and it won't be long before that's exactly what it smells like. In short ... suck it up.

Guess I lived with furry things so long that I didn't smell the "Musk" on the hairs. I always figured when my brush smelled of freshly washed critter it was clean.

yup

X

[C utz]

I just use the wife's nice shampoo to clean out the brush from time to time....
It gets clean, and smells pruddy too! The brush comes out nice as well...



C utz

[minstrel]

I just recently (this week, in fact) bought a Shavemac #177, handmade silvertip, and it smells far less than any of the other two (certified) badger brushes I have. In fact, I have to put my nose really close to the hairs to smell anything at all from it.

The worst stinker was my Edwin Jagger Best Badger, which smelled like burnt hair for about a week before calming down. But I'd rather take that smell than the sweetish stink from the Eterna boar bristle brush I bought, which made me stop using it in the middle of the first shave, lest my breakfast would suddenly reappear in the sink... Really nasty stink. It took a couple of shampoo treatments on that one to get the stink out, whereas I've never done that to any of my badger brushes.

/Nicholas

[C utz]

.....I'd rather take that smell than the sweetish stink from the Eterna boar bristle brush I bought, which made me stop using it in the middle of the first shave, lest my breakfast would suddenly reappear in the sink... Really nasty stink. .......

/Nicholas

Funny, I thought boar were suppose to smell like peppermint and rosehips...




C utz

[syslight]

Funny, I thought boar were suppose to smell like peppermint and rosehips...




C utz

Ah, there is where you err.

They only TASTE like peppermint and rose-hip, with a little marjoram on the side

[blaireau]

If it looks like a wet rat and walks like a wet rat it will smell like a wet rat!!!