Thread: Badger up or badger down?

My wife and I were poking around the antique stores a while ago (I was looking for something , he he), and in the third shop, which housed a number a vendors, I found a stand being offered, and in another vendors locked case some shaving mugs and a number of brushes.

The stand came with a matching razor handle, both in perfect shape. The attendant opened the other vendors case and I saw the big mug with a brush handle sticking out. Turned out to be a boar hair brush. The mug was in perfect shape and then it hit me as I turned it around that it was a match to the stand.
I bought all of it and now have a wonderful cream color, with gold trim, "Barbershop" brand, shaving set up. The handle holds the old twin, slide on type blade that is still available in local stores.
I also have a "bristle" brush from Barbershop that I used many years ago...before the full beard I have now. Funny that I now have the better brush and set up, but shave a whole lot less.
BTW, I rinse and shake to get most of the water out, then dry the handle with my hand towel before putting the brush, bristles down, in the holder. It has small depressions on either side of the base to hold any drippings from the razor or the brush.


"Sometimes it's the quest that make life interesting"

According to DOVO they want their brushes placed in the stands bristles down. I recently had a problem with one of their silver tip brushes and I was asked that question specifically when I asked why I was told that was the proper way to store it and that infact if I had answered in the opposite my warranty claim would not have been considered. I store my brushes in the stand bristles down and the adhesive still let go on a $100.00 brush.

Facing up, the hairs will prematurely loose their position and not be as tight of a formation for lathering. For best results, hang down from a stand after rinsing for your next use with warm water. Get the water away from the base of the hairs.

Best Pure Badger brushes on up should last you many, many years if you take care of it properly.

Pabster

Thanks lads.

It's badger down!

(I'm slowly learning the necessities of the art!)

The stand came with a matching razor handle, both in perfect shape. The attendant opened the other vendors case and I saw the big mug with a brush handle sticking out. Turned out to be a boar hair brush. The mug was in perfect shape and then it hit me as I turned it around that it was a match to the stand.
I bought all of it and now have a wonderful cream color, with gold trim, "Barbershop" brand, shaving set up.

That sounds like a neat outfit.Do you perchance have any pics of it?I'd be interested in seeing them if you do.

From a functional stand point the only thing that matters is that you shake it off really well.

The capillary action works against you, and the gravity effect is negligible - I believe I posted the calculation somewhere a while ago. Once the gravity contribution is large enough to be helpful you'll be really screwed by having way too much water in the brush which would dramatically shorten its lifespan.

The dominant cause for drying off is diffusion, so the best is to put it in an air current (I keep mine on the windowsill and the window is usually cracked open).