Thread: problems with boar and soap lather

Hello Gents,

I've just purchased an Omega professional boar brush. I used it this morning with Tabac soap.

The problem I had this morning was when I went for second and third passes, there wasn't any lather left.

My routine was soak the brush in water while I showered, then loading the brush and mixing it in a scuttle-the same thing I do with a badger brush.

Anyone have any tips to what I am doing wrong?

thanks in advance.

Was this the first time use for this brush? For some reason a couple of my boar brushes needed a few lather sessions before they really wanted to do the job the right way.

Yeah, it was the first time. before the second pass, I had to break out the soap and relather. didn't feel like doing it again for a third, so I cut it short.

As I cleaned the brush, I noticed that really no soap came out during the rinse

I would just palm lather it and rinse a few times and see if that helps.

Ah. You had those lather-eating boars too?

I had similar problem with mine too, but pretty much narrowed it down to water seeming out of the brush into the lather.

See the following thread for the tips I got: http://straightrazorpalace.com/brush...oar-brush.html

It might just take a few tries to break in the brush. I have been using my new Omega for about 2 weeks and it just just now at the stage boar brushes reach where all the tips are starting to split, making it nice and soft and a lather machine.

That is the only downside to boar in my opinion, it just takes a while to break in. But if you have a proper boar brush you will love it after it gets there.

thanks for the tips guys

Kerik,

I started with a badger brush, and I never had any trouble building a nice lather until I tried a boar brush (Semogue 1305). Here's what I was told that works great for me.

Unlike a badger brush where you soak it in water, ring/shake out the water leaving the brush dry-ish, and then go to the puck; I found that after soaking my brush, I just needed to give it one good shake (leaving a lot more water in the brush). Then I go to the puck and load the brush. This change in technique has worked great for me. In fact, when I have a difficult soap, I use my boar to build mounds of hydrated lather... Then, I can adjust my water ratio on my badger brushes based on the performance of the boar brush...

I hope this helps 'cause it's done great things for me!

OK. round two with the boar. Gave it just one shake after soaking and loaded more soap this time. added no water after building lather and achieved a much better result.

though on the last passes i was running on fumes. Hopefully, as the brush breaks in the lather will last longer.

Normally they have a long break in period. You can try using hair conditioner on it. That may help. Bring the brush in the shower with you, Shampoo and Condition it...
See if that helps....