new badger vs old boar

hey there,

I decided to upgrade my Wally World special Van der Hagen boar brush i have been using for about 3 months to a badger. After much debate and not knowing even if i like badger i settled on the delong silvertip brush 20 bucks shipped. It arrived today and i was comparing it to my boar brush and the boar seems to be softer on my face. The badger brush seems scratchy, mush more than the boar. I was under the impression that badger was supposed to be softer than boar. Is there anything i need to do to this brush that will help it or chock it up to a cheap brush? Does all badger feel like this or will a more expensive brush feel different?

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Originally Posted by billyrazor

hey there,

I decided to upgrade my Wally World special Van der Hagen boar brush i have been using for about 3 months to a badger. After much debate and not knowing even if i like badger i settled on the delong silvertip brush 20 bucks shipped. It arrived today and i was comparing it to my boar brush and the boar seems to be softer on my face. The badger brush seems scratchy, mush more than the boar. I was under the impression that badger was supposed to be softer than boar. Is there anything i need to do to this brush that will help it or chock it up to a cheap brush? Does all badger feel like this or will a more expensive brush feel different?

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billy,

Did you give your new brush a wash with some shampoo and a rinse before testing it on your face?

Try that...It may eliminate some of the scratchiness of your new badger brush on your face.

I don't know about the Delong brush and at $20, I think everyone would want to hear about it.

I had a boar brush and I finally gave it to the cat because she appreciated it more than me. That was a $5 brush.

The Badger brush should just feel better overall and perform better overall. I do have a $55-60 Vulfix pure badger brush and it was superior to the boar brush in every way and it performs so well, I think its a candidate for a best buy in the shave brush market.

Pabster

Boar bristle tips soften considerably as they age and could feel as soft as a silver tip badger hair or softer depending on care and use.

I don't think badger is necessarily an upgrade... Love my boar brush, it replaced all my badgers... it's a big Omega 10098.

I have a boar hair brush. It was a generic old handle that I fitted with a boar hair knot from TGN. At first I hated it. I mostly have creams and it took a lot more cream to make the same lather that a badger makes with just a tiny bit of cream. It was going to go, but then I tried it on soap. On soap the boar comes into its own.
All my other brushes are badger hair. When they first started they were a bit prickely. But after time they became a lot softer.

And that smell...uggggh horrid.

For a real high end experience, I use my Burma-Shave synthetic brush with a fresh bar of Ivory soap. Now that's luxury. ;)

Well I tried the shampoo & rinse this morning. It seemed to help considerably. As far as the brush itself goes, and not having another badger to compare it to, it lathered waay better than the boar with my cream, and after the shampoo some of the scratchiness went away, the boar is still less scratchy, but the lathering capibility definately outweighed that. As far as i see, for 20 bucks, i like it. I see it getting use as my daily brush for a long while.

billy,

As you use the badger more and more, its scratchiness against your face will dissipate or be reduced.

Take care--and smooth shaving...