Thread: Best Brush $80-$130 Range

For soaps: Rooney

For super soft luxury of feel: Shavemac silvertip (doesn't load up quite as well on the soaps though....)

Originally Posted by jszabo

i have a $25 vulvix so i cant vote on this one

You might trade your 1970 Impala and upgrade!
Dannyr

Originally Posted by riooso

Savile Row 3824 is an awesome brush! Should not be overlooked by any means.


Later,
Richard

+1. Great guy to do business with as well.

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.