Originally Posted by
ppetresen
It seems like an unfair comparison: of course badger has history on it's side as synthetics have only really come into their own quite recently. No doubt a huge part of the badger brushes' appeal lies precisely in their historical place as king of brushes, best of the best -- all the more the for the straight razor crowd who are here for reasons very fair from efficiency and ease-of-use. As BobH has pointed out, one really needs to take each on their own merits; if one judges a synthetic by the criteria laid on by a good badger it'll fall short every time but, likewise, if one judges a badger based on what makes a good synthetic then they too will be found lacking. Just my two cents.