Thread: Ok, my brain is melting. Just starting

After spending 1,000.00 on Shaving stuff....you will find something you like...that number might be a little light...lol

Synthetic is worth trying. Very user friendly and whip up a nice lather.

I called a local classic barber shop and got turned onto a local shop that had some vintage shading stuff. I picked up two pure badger brushes that looked unused and felt good to me. They were 16 bucks each.

So now I have something to start with until I can get somewhere that I can feel a selection off different brushes.

Thanks to all of y'all for the help.

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Originally Posted by ruffinit

I called a local classic barber shop and got turned onto a local shop that had some vintage shading stuff. I picked up two pure badger brushes that looked unused and felt good to me. They were 16 bucks each.

So now I have something to start with until I can get somewhere that I can feel a selection off different brushes.

Thanks to all of y'all for the help.

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Sounds like you did good! That ought to get you up and running nicely. And it's great that you have a shop like that nearby. Enjoy the brushes!

And of course, my phone is drunk again. I meant shaving stuff.

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You have quite a few options, really. The variety of inexpensive synthetics and boar brushes offer you numerous options.
There are some very nice badger brushes for around $10-20, more than what you are thinking of spending.
Good luck.

Now that you have the brushes I would recommend you practice making lather in your palm or a bowl. It takes a few tries to get the process down that gives a good shaving lather.

There is nothing wrong in rinsing off a lather that is not right and just starting over. Take your time to get the lather right.

Here is a link to find other members in your area. Look for the ones that have been active recently.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/memberlist.php?do=search

also one more word,, getting to some place that has brushes for you to feel wont do much for you,, you have to use them to really knkw its strong and weak parts. yes over time you can tell a lot, but using them is the only way just like you only know if a razor is right by shaving with it.

brushes are YMMV like so much of this hobby. and the advise you get a lot of is from guys own preference OR their limitations on what they spend, for instance a guy who only has low end brushes sings their praise, it could be hes right but then again how does he know?,, the guy who has had them all and tells you that low end brush is good , now that's the guy you want to listen to. there are some decent brushes out there that don't cost a lot of money, especially in boar. but a good badger in the 20$ range, not likely. so try as many as you can to find what works for you, or spend some money and get a real nice brush, and chances are you will like it. Tc

If I were searching in the 30 buck range, I would increase my budget just a tad and get a Semouge Owners Club boar brush. It is a brush that you could use the rest of your life.

The only brushes I have been using since a year or three are a two band Thäter (24mm fan shaped knot) and a generic, cheap chinese synthetic.

Both work equally well, but the Thäter has more 'soul' if you will, and is of much higher quality and level of crafsmanship. It does retail at over €100, whereas the synthetic cost me less than €10 shipped.

Incidentally, those would be my recommendations.