Thread: L-a-t-h-e-r

I have a parker pure badger brush and I would say my lather is okay. I use dr. harrison or porasso and sometimes I take time to make really good lather but other times when I am on the go its okay. Might get a silver tip brush eventually. I have a green plastic handle that I actually like even though it was cheap brush and I might remove the synthetic boar for silver tip. The boar synthetic was okay brush but was just what I used when I started, it is definitely not close to the badger I have.

While we are talking about brushes and soap I was at a target store and I actually saw a DE razor for sale there as well as a horse hair brush and some shaving cream. I don't remember brands but I don't believe it was anything crazy was just shocked to see it in store like that.

No, I notice no real difference between the lather I make with a boar, badger or synthetic. I adjust my lather making technique to suit what the individual brush needs to make the lather the way I want it to be. If I don't get the quality of lather I want it is my fault not the brush type in use. Makes no never mind to me which type of brush I use.

Bob

The only small difference i se is when I use a really dense knot the lather s super dense, and with a not so dense knot it seems more "airy". Like more air gets in the mix with a loose knot, but I get my lather real good with any brush I use nowadays. Tc

Yes, my main brush, The Queen Bee, produces a richer lather. almost a Cool Whip texture. The knot is very dense.

My boar knot brushes do make more lather than my badgering a shave mug, But the badger does a better job of making lather on my face. And I really have no idea why

Originally Posted by BobH

No, I notice no real difference between the lather I make with a boar, badger or synthetic. I adjust my lather making technique to suit what the individual brush needs to make the lather the way I want it to be. If I don't get the quality of lather I want it is my fault not the brush type in use. Makes no never mind to me which type of brush I use.

Bob

+1 Same here.

My Rodney Neep Extra Silvertip makes a whipped cream lather while my boars make more of a yogurt textured lather. I can coax either result by adding/removing water, but that is their natural tendency.