Thread: Rediscovering Badger Brushes

So, I have only ever shaved using soaps and creams with a brush, I think my first brush was a Culmark Spartan.
Over the years, I have tried all sorts of different brushes, more or less always coming back to Omega boar brushes.

Though lately I have tried a couple of Synthetics and really liked them.

I have a couple of high end badger brushes and basically despised them. I always found them to be way too soft with very little back bone.
I should add at this time that I had exclusively face lathered. The only Badger brush that I continued to use was a Thayter (actually the 2011 special edition from Straight Razor Place.) and even then, I would only use it with cream, not soap and at best I found it almost satisfactory.

Some time ago, my Fiancée (I know and I made it to 60 years old without being married) asked that I get her a brush, a Kabuki brush no less. For anyone that doesn’t know, they are a special brush invented solely to relieve your wallet of any money you may have left, though I believe the ladies use it in the application of slap (make up) to their Boat (Boat race =face)
I went into a cosmetic store and asked if they had any such brushes. The lady I spoke to, after exchanging a few knowing looks with her colleagues, proceeded to pick up some keys and open a cabinet, whereby she was joined by a further two colleagues.
They proceeded to remove a large box from the cabinet, inside the box was another presentation box, and inside this was a small velvet bag. Inside the bag was well………………a brush. A fairly fine brush but a brush. The price of which brush, escalated at each unboxing juncture.

The whole performance was more elaborate than the occasion I bought a diamond ring for said Fiancée. (Buying diamonds is another way of further depleting any funds that may have survived the purchase of a Kabuki brush)
Anyway, I digress.

I didn’t buy the brush, instead I went home and suggested she may like to try a particularly fine, expensive, Taylors of Old Bond Street Badger brush that I had found to be perfectly useless.
She did indeed try it and liked it.

On my Birthday (Yes 60th), her daughter gave me a travel shaving scuttle, (I suspect the travel part was a hint) which I happily used for a while, sort of face lathering, but then putting the brush in said Scuttle to keep warm. I should add here, that we live in Qatar and the current temperature is 49°C (Note to self, try iced water in Scuttle)

Anyway, one morning it dawned on me that I might try the formerly useless, gifted brush with some Taylors of Old Bond Street Rose shaving cream, in the scuttle.
WHAT A REVELATION! I GET IT NOW! It’s like this big mop full of luxurious lather, it is so good, that for the last couple of weeks I have been using this exclusively.

Aforementioned Fiancée has been asking if I have seen the nice brush that I gave her. ( Luckily there are six Cats in the house that usually take the blame for stuff that I have either lost or broken)

Looks like I may have to relive the cosmetic store performance and purchase the Kabuki brush.
Wait, what if I try the Scuttle and Cream with a Kabuki brush.

Now that was an entertaining post. Yes, badgers do have a place at the table. Thanks for posting.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Now that was an entertaining post. Yes, badgers do have a place at the table. Thanks for posting.

Bob

Yes, my Husky agrees. A little something sweet sprinkled on one and it makes a tasty snack.

Wow, 49c, unbelievable. Experts are now saying that many parts of the world will become virtually uninhabitable in the coming decades. I hope you have good air conditioning. Enjoy that brush!

Thank You,
I think we peaked at 53 last year.
Yes, lots of AC, though unfortunately that brings a huge carbon footprint.

Very entertaining story. Thanks for sharing it in your way. But don't buy that damn brush! Buy her one just like the one you gave her. "Hey honey, i found your brush"!

Originally Posted by Gasman

Very entertaining story. Thanks for sharing it in your way. But don't buy that damn brush! Buy her one just like the one you gave her. "Hey honey, i found your brush"!

Now that's something I didn't think of.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Wow, 49c, unbelievable. Experts are now saying that many parts of the world will become virtually uninhabitable in the coming decades. I hope you have good air conditioning. Enjoy that brush!

There seems to be a divide within the scientific community. The environmental scientists say that greenhouse gasses will cause the earth's temperature to rise to record highs. On the other hand, astronomers who study the cycles of the sun say that the earth could well experience another mini ice age like the "Little Ice Age" that occurred during the 17th century and early 18th century. Between now and 2050, the solar activity is expected to be well below normal and particularly low compared to the 20th century. Since the sun is the major source of heat in our solar system, the impact could be significant.

Thus, are we going to be very hot, or very cold. Or if we are lucky, the two phenomena might cancel each other. and temperatures will remain normal.

6 cats & 49C ! All tiled floors must be fully occupied

A very entertaining read so early in the morning. Great story! Thank you.