My Vulfix 404 arrived in the mail today from Bullgoose Shaving. I whipped up lather about 3x to get it going and then used it for a shave. Excellent soap brush! I like both badger and boar so this mixed bristle brush sounded like a good fit for me. It is! This may become my new favorite. Tomorrow I'll try it w/ Palmolive shave cream and see how that goes. Followed up w/ Ogallala Bay Rum w/ sage & cedar which arrived w/ the brush. Very nice, but hard for me to justify the expense, as I usually just use plain old witch hazel. Maybe save it for dates out w/ the wife!