Thread: 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?

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?

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.