Thread: Pure, Best, Super or Silver?

Hi all,

I've tried numerous "silvertip" brushes and let me tell you, that no two are the same.

A Savile Row is far, far softer and more luxurious than say a Vulfix Simpsons super silvertip.

My Rooney 3/1 was a Super Silvertip and I found its tips prickly. I also find the new Simpsons Supers slightly prickly but that could also be due to their density.

I had a Chubby 2 in Best, and strangely, found it softer than my Rooney and even my Chubby 1 in Super. Go figure!

A Rooney Alibaba in the Heritage "Super" line has incredibly soft tips but good backbone.

So... I don't think it's a simple as just saying "silvertip". There seems to be a lot of variation in the term, depending on the manufacturer, the batch, the gauge of hair and its density and loft. All will effect how it feels on the face.

With all that said, I find the really soft silvertips like the Savile Row very nice to use occasionally but in general I prefer a good scrub with a denser, shorter loft brush like a Rooney/Simpsons, or a Semogue boar brush.

The 1520 is currently my favourite brush of any hair type and price!

I think I'd find a Pure too prickly and hard on my face.

John