Thread: Bent Brush Tips

Really? From what I have seen that isn't the case, but that is just from observations I have made from posted pictures. It is encouraging to read that this is normal for some people. Thank you for the response.

Dont push too much pressure on the brush when you're lathering either, that could bend the hairs over.

Just my $0.2.

I have a half dozen brushes, none of them look like that. I would not call that normal by any means.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I do up and down strokes on the face and I have only used this brush a handful of times. I also use cold to lukewarm water with the brush. I think this brush might be an outlier or it might have been over-sanitized in production. I am going to return it to the vendor.

I own an Edwin Jagger in Super, Vintage Century pure badger that was NIB before I got it and three finest knots from TGN in my restores. As I said, they all have exhibited this trait after a few shaves. I have a hard time believing that all of my brushes are defective especially being from different manufacturers and different time periods. I also know that I am not hard on my brushes. They have been nothing but babied. I would say this is perfectly normal and nothing to worry about.


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@ TheRedlines

Did any of your brushes have an initial "animal" smell to them? The reason I ask is that my brush had no offensive smell to it when I first received it. I wonder if brushes that have been sanitized well or, rather, overly sanitized are more prone to this happening.

It is very strange how everyone's experience in this has been different. From what I can tell, this does not happen that frequently. Hopefully others can chime in with their experiences.

I have been granted the choice between a replacement brush or a money refund from my vendor. I am thinking that maybe I'll try one of those new Thater brushes instead of retrying Rooney. My start into wet-shaving has been a little more tumultuous then I was expecting.

I haven't run across a funny smelling one yet although have read about it. You might have something to your theory. I guess I just don't worry about little things such as this. Then again I'm fairly new to all of this as well and am learning as I go along. I do know that making lather with them is quite fun, they seem to hold insane amounts of water and I dig the feel of them on my face. The super is nice and soft yet has a harder time with my hard triple milled soaps. The vintage pure badger does well with all of my soaps and creams but seems a little small for my taste. The finest TGN knots are awesome with the hard milled soaps with the nice backbone yet still feel quite soft on my face. I have found I like the fan shape versus the bulb and tend to really love my 18mm versus my bigger knots as I am more precise rather than sloppy. I have not tried any of the super high end brushes such as the Simpson, Rooney or thayter but I don't know if I really want to at this point either. Thats about all of the brush knowledge I've got. I know it mainly suits me and that all of our tastes are different for different reasons. I do hope that you find a brush that you are perfectly happy with and please keep us updated as to what you find