Thread: Brush Preference

Go over to the MSN Wetshavers forums, there are actully guys over that own them. With those though your are paying for rare bager hair and a horn handle, expensive stuff. I would like to own this stuff but sadly their are things in life as of right now that require my money; car, book collection, electronics, dates with girlfriend...

For several months I have been using a brush I bought from Caswell Massey. It is simply an outstanding badger brush and I believe it is even better than the Vulfix #40 Super Badger Shaving Brush that I just received from Classic Shaving. I own both and the Caswell M seems to have more bristles. Both are 30mm knots. Don't understand since the Caswell Massey was only $99 and the Vulfix was $50 more. Interesting.

http://www.caswellmassey.com/shoppin...iProductID=768

jmsbcknr

I'm currently using a Saville Row brush that I got from qedusa.com. It works great, and I got a size bigger than I paid for because they were out of stock. I've found that it holds lots of water, and it lathers up quite well too. I'm not sure about what you all mean by keeping lather for your whole face, but I typically dip it back in a the bowl a couple of times (of course that's also so that lather going on my face stays warm). Over all, I like it a lot, and the price was great, only about $55-$60 bucks.

-Jon

I've got a big Kent T12 and a much smaller Kent BK4.
Kent say there silver badger is best. The BK4 is silver badger.
The T12 however uses the cheepest badger they use. I honestly can not tell the difference. They are both good brushes. The big brush is a dream to use but its a waste of soap. So I use the smaller brush. Maybe that makes me a cheapskate.

I use a few ....my favorite is a Best Badger that I bought from Emily over at EmsPlace.com. She also has a wonderful page detailing the differences and properties between the types of Badger hair.

I use a $6.00 Surrey Boar brush I bought in Walgreen's for travelling, and it is fine. I plan to buy a Tweezerman Badger shortly to replace the Surrey.

The brush DOES make a difference!

Best -

I use a Burma shave boar brush on occasion, But the Vulfix superbadger I love so much.

While I agre the brush does make a difference it still does not mean one is ultimately better than the other for everyone. I have a Burma Shave Bristle, a Tweezerman Badger and 2 different expensive Crabtree & Evelyn badger from when that company was into shaving stuff. The C&E badgers are very nice, the Tweezerman is fine but I still grab the Burma Shave bristle 8 out of 10 times. I gues I just like the stiff feel better when lathering up.

Tony

i have three. i have a simpson persian jar 1 in best badger i use for travel. it is small and it has the hardest bristles of my three. if it had not been for the fact that it was a simpsons, i would not have gotten it.

i have a kent bk8. gentlemens shop in england has the best price. large knot, great handle and suppossedly silver tip. no complaints, wonderful

i just have had for about 10 days now the group ShaveMyFace brush made for us by shavemac. cocobola wooden handles, engraved, with 26 mm knot. very tall bristles. and it is true silvertip. the bristles when held next to the kent are very much whiter/more silver. i have to learn the correct water ratios but it has a sucking feeling when you swirl the cream or soap on your face. a bargain at $109.00

sam

I have a few boar bristle brushes (Surrey, etc) that I take travelling, and a nice Best Badger (about $60) I bought a while back as my daily brush. I am thinking of picking-up a couple of Tweezerman brushes for travelling, and maybe a Vulfix to complement my daily badger brush.

I find that badger works best, but seriously doubt that a brush 3 - 5 X more expensive than mine would produce tabgible benefits during the shave.

For me, good, long beard preparation is the key, coupled with good shaving soap. I use the Cremo Creme now as an "underlayer" for pre-shave, and putting the Classic Shaving, or any other soap over the top of it works wonders - regardless of the applicator (brush)!

Best -

Has any of you ever worked with the Wilkinson Sword pure Badger brush?
I can get it here (local chemist's) for about $27 tax incl.

I just cannot find any information on them (think they are/have discontinuing/ed this item.