Thread: Is it worth it to get a bigger brush?

This is purely personal preference.
So I'll share mine.

I prefer a small brush.
I often build the lather on my face, and a smaller brush gives me more space to swirl around. For the same reason, I find a smaller brush more suitable to massage the lather into the whiskers. I do not want my entire cheek covered with just one dab. (as said, this is purely personal preference).

Best regards,
Bart.

+1
I use a 20mm or a 24mm but really find the 20mm ample. Saves on soap too

Me too.

My daily brush is only 18mm, and I've never found it inadequate for even a moment.

The other plus, is if you have a traditional scuttle, you can't dip a 30mm brush into it.

Luxury to me is the feel of the brush on my face. A big brush does not allow much room to swirl it about on your face without plastering your nose and ears....where a 20mm let's you brush, and swirl and stroke that soft badger all over your face, without much collateral damage...

I recently went from a Tweezerman up to a SRD #4 brush, and I really do appreciate the difference and have become a large brush convert. Even as a face latherer, the large brush is great at getting a lather up.

Once SBAD kicks in it really doesn't matter anymore. I started with a 24mm knot / 60mm loft sized brush. Worked my way down to an 18mm knot. Slowly progressed my way back up to a comfortable 23mm knot with a 55m loft. For years that's what I used and loved. Felt it was the perfect combination for my likings.

Then not so long ago I tried once again a bigger 24/60 brush and loved it. Got an even bigger 27/58 brush. Now I look at my smaller sized brushes and think they look like toys. I got another 29/60 big brush on order.

For me, yes a quality bigger sized brush should be part of your brush collection.

Brush size is a matter of personal preference. I personally like bigger brushes (24 - 29mm knots) because they generate lather very quickly, and I have big mug so the brush must have go coverage for me.

Also I like a little lather in my nose and ears

There is a myth that small brushes are better with soaps, but that is exactly what it is a myth. Falsehoods and lies from the small brush lovers to undermine those of us who choose a different path.

Most people would consider consider 23mm knot medium but you must not forget the loft of the brush which plays an equally important role in how big the brush feels. Larger loft means brush feels bigger be it a little less dense.

So when considering a brush take into account both loft and knot size.

I use my 28/58 on soaps all the time with no ill effect--it's almost big enough to fit in my Schwarzweisskeramik!

I face lather, so I prefer brushes in the 21-23mm range

What Bill and Jim said.

Personally, I prefer a smaller brush, partly because I like a certain degree of accuracy in applying lather. I really do appreciate the soft, luscious feel of a larger one, but every time I use such a brush I feel guilty of extravagant exuberance waisting good soap that'll end rinsed out of a brush instead of off my face.

And then there is the aspect of circumstance: a small stiff boar might be nice on hot days, whereas the qualities of a large soft silver tip may be fully savoured on a cold winter's day.