Originally Posted by
Gasman
Thanks all for the great replys. I did the cleaning, washing and conditioning on my old boar and i can tell its cleaner but its still kinda shaggy. Guess its just been abused too much. Dont think i'll trim it. Leave it as is.
Now i did some readying on this 01 2 band and a lot of folks say its scrubby for a badger. Got my more enterested. And with TC's reply, i think i'll get one. Why not. But i think ill order just a knot and mount it myself. I can get the knot for 50 buck shipped and find a handle somewhere and have the ability to test it at a few different loft settings to get it just right. Sounds like a winning knot to me after all the readying i did.
Thinking of a 26mm DO-1 2 band fan shaped and starting at 50mm loft and go from there. Should be less than 75 bucks when done. They have some nice handles but after putting my brush together on there site it was 190 plus shipping. Ill keep the old warn boar and give this new one a try. The mancherian was a soft brush with backbone but not much scrub. And the bulb shape was just too much roundness.
Thanks for the reply TC and for the opinions from all. Guess in a few weeks i'll find out myself.