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    Default best brush for $60 price range

    im looking to get both a boar and badger and didnt really wanna go over $60 per brush. any thoughts?

    mainly iv been looking at:
    simpson "special"
    vulfix #850
    rooney style 3 small 'special' (according to vintage blades its made especially for them)

    also do all the rooneys come with the script logo on it or is that just certian ones. some websites i see it, others i see its just stamped. trust me the logo isnt the biggest factor but if i get answers that im comparing two brushes that are both on the same level of quality, it might come into play.
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    Get the 3/1 Rooney from vintage blades! (I believe vintage blades gets the 3/1 custom with a slightly shorter loft than other sites). The 3/1 in super is a great brush, but is $75. Totally worth the extra $15 IMO, though.

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    I quite like my Semogue 730 silvertip from Leon at thevintagescent.com. You can read about it here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/brush...silvertip.html

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    I have both a Rooney and a Vulfix. I like the Rooney the best...it is soft yet very stiff (commonly refered to as backbone) while the Vulfix is soft but sort of floppy and after two passes turns into a sticky floppy mop.

    I think if I were on a budget and/or could live without a brand name brush I'd give serious consideration to making my own. Find the cheapest brush you can with a handle you like (so you don't have to make the handle) and remove the knot and glue in one from golden nib. You will have the equivalent of a $100+ brush for about 30 bucks.

    Not sure about the logo question. All the Rooney's I've seen have the same logo...Rooney on one side and style/size/grade on the other.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AusTexShaver View Post
    while the Vulfix is soft but sort of floppy and after two passes turns into a sticky floppy mop.
    Have to concur with this. I had one, but got a few brshes from SRD. The 24mm was about $70, but so far outdistanced the Vulfix in performance that the extra $10-$15 was worth it to me.

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    All of the 3 brushes you are looking at has fairly short lofts with the vulfix's 50mm as the highest,followed by Rooney 3/1 special at 46mm and Simpsons at 40mm.

    At the moment I use 2 brushes,one of them a post-Vulfix Simpson, both with 50mm loft, and I find them to work best with hard soaps, they both work ok with creams, so if you mostly use cream you might want to go with the Semogue silvertip Hollie4.. linked to as it has a higher loft. Of your selection I would have gotten the Rooney as they have a good rep, and the 40mm loft of the Simpson just might be too short for me.

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    Try QED. Their 24mm silvertip is $65 +shipping and is very well reviewed. Most of the other brands offer only rather small brushes in this price range.

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    I like my vulfix 2234 very much... Vulfix Shaving Brushes

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    i also have a vulfix boar brush and IMO it sucks...

    If you wanted to spend 60 per brush, a boar will be no more than 10 to 15 so you could but the rest into your good badger...

    or get a nice silver tip like the 2234 and a pure badger ... like 850 you suggested...that would give you one really nice soft brush and one a little firmer and scrubbier...

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    Well I just finished my own brush with a silvertip knot from the golden nib..
    It cost me about 25 euros on materials and an evening or two...

    Maarten

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