I do like my Shavemac. Thanks to TC and Bob for pointing it out to me and putting up with my newbie questions at the time. It's the best brush I own and the most costly. But I do like boar and synthetics also. It's about doing something different. The synthetics have some backbone but nowhere near what my Shavmac has. Some days I feel like scrubbing my ugly mug so I grab a boar. Or if I feel like enjoying the feel of the softness of a cotton ball I will use a synthetic. But if I'm testing shaving a newly hone razor its the Shavemac and MDC. A combo that can't be beaten!

And I agree. I bet Bob could use a Toothbrush and get a great shave.