Thread: Moving away from badger

Here’s my home lineup of brushes.

In order from left to right:
- Two Yaqi synthetics
- Fendrihan boar
- Omega boar
- Classic Edge badger



The small badger brush is the only badger brush I have ever owned and it came as part of a shaving kit that included a TI straight razor, a bench strop and the brush.

I always wanted a larger brush, but the price of decent quality badgers turned me off. I got the Omega boar bristle at a local drug store for around $10 and then got the larger boar from Fendrihan when it was discounted - still under $20. Then I picked up the orange Yaqi at a local meet up for $20 and recently purchased the large barber pole synthetic for Top of the Chain for under $40.

To be honest, I really can’t tell the difference in face feel or lather making between the badger, the synthetics and, now that they are broken in, the boar bristles so the direction of any future purchases will be determined by price.

IMHO - I understand that I have no experience with a high quality badger knot, but I can’t believe the cost is justified by any apparent improvement in lathering or feel.