For soaps: Rooney
For super soft luxury of feel: Shavemac silvertip (doesn't load up quite as well on the soaps though....)
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For soaps: Rooney
For super soft luxury of feel: Shavemac silvertip (doesn't load up quite as well on the soaps though....)
This is crazy, I think Im gonna go with either a Rooney or a Shavemac for my second brush. I think after that I will know what I need/want for my third.
I like Rooney, I have a 3/2....I think?
I have a shavemac silvertip and boy do I love it.
I have a Rooney style 1 (short handle) size 2 (medium, 24mm knot) "Super" : Vintage*Blades*LLC*::... for $100. I like the size and style of this brush but Rooney has many other choices.
Of the five or six(*) brushes I have (and a couple I returned unused) This is my best-for-the-money brush. I have three favorites and this is one of them. The other two are about $150 each so I consider the Rooney to be a fantastic deal.
It is great for either bowl or face lathering. In my experience, great (as opposed to good) face lathering brushes are a bit harder to come by than great bowl latherers.
It has only two shortcomings, neither of them very serious:
1) It is a bit of a lather hog so you need to be sure to whip up a generous amount. No big deal.
2) It is a little scritchier than my other two favorites, but they cost half again as much and are therefore above the price cap for this poll.
I consider the Shavemac 177: Vintage*Blades*LLC*::... to be just as good but with a bulb instead of fan shaped loft. It is 23mm instead of 24mm. I personally prefer the fan shape.
(*) I say "five or six" because I am not sure I should count my Burma Shave boar brush as a "real" brush or just look at it as a novelty.