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After a not so great shave tonight I grabbed my boars hair brush the kind Lynn uses in his video. Lathered up right on the face some mama bear Rosemary mint and shaved two passes with a non stropped razor.
I had a great end result. Not BBS but very presentable and nice. I think maybe I do better with a boars brush because of my tough beard. I am going to give it another go tomorrow. Kind of odd I have a good experience with a boars brush after I throw money on the silvertips.
We shall see.
a good shave with the non stopped? I don't think i could do that... I think the microburz would F* me up, ruining my perfect skin. :roflmao
Just curious. Have you tried a hair conditioner treatment on your beard before lathering up? I find that it really helps. Would hate to see a good silver tip go to waste!
I have used it in the shower but rinse it off before lather. I will try it the other way tonight.
I have a nice Best badger hair brush which I bought from ebay and another on the way from Lee's Safety Razor's but I like my store bought boarhair brushes too. They seem to form great lather faster than the badgerhair. However once the badgerhair gets going, it does surpass the boarhair.
Ernest
Do you find the boar hair lifts your beard better? I think I may have had good results with it because I shave a rather tough beard. Who knows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big_E
Not so much that it lifts the beard, I have a rather light beard. I do notice smoother skin afterwards, maybe it exfoliates better. I can use it even with cold water (which I do now that it's hot) and it makes great, thick lather quickly.
Ernest
Just recently bought the Handmade Silvertip Badger Shaving Brush,
Genuine Ebony Handle from Classic Shaving and that's waaay to soft. Think I'll check out a boar brush.
Anyone of the more knowledgeable people here know a good place (that'll ship to Canada) to direct me?
-David
i was using a pure badger that was well used. i fought with buying a sivertip or maybe another pure or best badger but the funds are not there at the time. i broke down and bought a boar hair. cheap, works, much better lather than i was getting.
is it just mine, or do all new boar hair brushes smell like a wet dog? and how long does that last?
My Proraso boar brush stopped smelling like a wet dog after 2 or 3 days.
that's good to know. i was thankful the smell did not stay with the face.
vgod
Sannosuke,
I have a new in box boar bristle brush that I got in a package deal with some other stuff. If you PM me with your address, it's yours, free. If I decide to use a boar brush again, I have another waiting in the wings, but so far the badgers have little to worry about.
Bruce
This is my experience, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big_E
Yeah glad to see the boar's hair brush getting a following.
I love mine.
I use cake soaps and kiss my face creams and find it works wonderfully.
Oh and vgod How come you don't use the when I was a child I spake as a child version of that it has more power don't you think?
Ooo! /Might give one of these a whirl. I use a Vulfix #2234 and it's like using wet toilet roll to lather up with. Kinda have to grip it in the masturbation grip to make the hairs stand up stiffer.
Pardon the infinite number of puns..
Graham.
Just back from town and bought myself a cheap boar brush. £8 from Boots. The lather is sitting on my face now and it seemed to go on my face differently. More under the hairs as opposed to my #2234 which sort of just paints over them unless I use said technique above.
Will get back with status report.
Quicker shave. Chin pulled a little more than usual but I think that's due to my blade needing honed. Will do that tomorrow.
I like the boar though. If in a rush or even for daily shaving, the boar is good. Maybe will keep the Badger for when I have more time and for special occasions when I need a closer shave.
Graham.
I have tried 2 different boar hair brushes. Sorry but they are not for me..
I kinda like my boar bristle bruses better than my badger hairs. Which is funny 'cause I paid around $30-40 dollars for my badger brushes and never paid more than $6.00 dollars for either of my two boar bristle brushes.
Ernest
I have 3 badgers in the main grades of Pure, Best and Super (SilverTip) and 2 Boars - one old british brand and one new Omega/Proraso. I like the Omega Boar just fine and can make some nice lather with it. The main thing I dislike with boar is the springiness of the bristle as compared to the badger hair.
Gents, don't fall into the trap or diatribe that brushes exfoliate your skin. it is the razor that exfoliates. Your brush simply applies the lather. If you are having issues, apply the lather and wait 5 minutes before you shave. What? Your lather doesn't last that long. Then you simply need to spend more time learning how to build lather with your soap/cream. What? You question this???
Okay. Here is your test. Work up your lather. Apply it to your face. Now. Go strop your razor. Do it properly. Yes, use both the linen and leather side of the strop. How is your lather now? If it is not shave worthy...you still have a learning curve to climb. No matter what you shave with, if your lather collapses, you need to work on your lather.
RT
Good point RT.
What's it mean if the soap burns the 1st layer of skin off of your face while testing the hypothesis?:roflmao
I get a burning sensation if any soap is on my lips for a while but not my face. In fact I could use petrol (gas for you colonials ;) ) as aftershave on my face and it wouldn't burn, for a while at least. :)
I could leave my lather for an hour and it wouldn't collapse!
Randy, You have got that right. I could go take a nap and come back and it will still be there...:D
I don't have lather collapse just face burn with artificially scented soaps.
I picked up a Herbian Cowboy boar bristle ($5+) to take out of town last week (figured, if anything happened to it I'd care less than damaging or losing either of my badgers). It was fine. Lathered up the L'Occitane very well. I was happy to be back home to my badgers though.
Ken
You gents make me worry about upgrading from my boar to a badger! I need to work on my lather though, it hardly lasts 5 minutes. It took me a while to figure out that I wasn't using enough water, as odd as that may sound.
I use a boars hair brush but by the sounds of it I still have a lot of work to do on building a good lather it dries up/disappears almost as fast as I apply it to my face.
I was thinking that in the future I want to get a custom badger from the gentleman here that makes them for $50, but I don't recall that members name. Also my whiskers are very tough so maybe a badger is not for me.