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    There is no charge for Awesomeness Jimbo's Avatar
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    My first brush was an Omega boar. Never had any complaints. My wife bought me a Mason Pearson Badger brush for Christmas. I've got to say the badger feels prickly to me, in comparison. It's nice to say I have a badger brush, but when it comes down to it, I'm just working lather into my face, and it seems to me the boar does just as good a job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    My first brush was an Omega boar. Never had any complaints. My wife bought me a Mason Pearson Badger brush for Christmas. I've got to say the badger feels prickly to me, in comparison. It's nice to say I have a badger brush, but when it comes down to it, I'm just working lather into my face, and it seems to me the boar does just as good a job.

    James.
    Yes --James, I think this is the consensus when asking real men.


    Justin (totally unqualified to give opinions on brushes)

    but badgers are damn nice for varnishes

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    yea when I want to feel like a bum I pull out the old nylon brush and the williams soap and the pakistani razor and go to town. Then I finish with the walgreens witchhazel and mennon skin bracer and slap some gin on my face.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
    yea when I want to feel like a bum I pull out the old nylon brush and the williams soap and the pakistani razor and go to town. Then I finish with the walgreens witchhazel and mennon skin bracer and slap some gin on my face.
    There is nothing wrong with Williams, generic witch hazel, and Skin Bracer.

    *bonks bigspendur over the head with truckload of Palmolive and ships him to Pakistan*

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    Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
    yea when I want to feel like a bum I pull out the old nylon brush and the williams soap and the pakistani razor and go to town. Then I finish with the walgreens witchhazel and mennon skin bracer and slap some gin on my face.
    LOL! I've got to say that after a routine like that, I'd be slapping the gin *in* my face.

    Seriously, for me a boar has some disadvantages: catching it's easy enough, but getting the bugger to keep still while you lather up can be difficult - sometimes I actually need to use two hands...

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    Well I'd rather wrestle a boar than a badger any day anyway. The problem with the badger is trying to figure out which of his hairs you want to use at the same time your fighting with him. Is it going to be the super badger or the best or the pure?
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    Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
    Well I'd rather wrestle a boar than a badger any day anyway. The problem with the badger is trying to figure out which of his hairs you want to use at the same time your fighting with him. Is it going to be the super badger or the best or the pure?

    yeah, and should you choose the silvertips (around the neck area I think), you'll have the little bugger scratching your face.

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    I've got a couple Boars Hair brushes including the Proraso one from Target. They are OK in a pinch, but I really find the Badger brushes hold a ton more soap and have always been more comfortable.

    Have fun.

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    I use a burma shave boar brush every day, I have a badger brush but it seems to stiff to me.

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    Not having a badger hair brush to compare to I can't say I prefer Boars hair. Given that I have only purchased one brush in fifteen years, a Surry boar hair from the drugstore. My wife bought me a better Bass boars hair brush for Christmas and it is far softer and more comfortable than my old one. While I would like to try a nice badger hair brush at some point I feel no pressing need to do so, as I fear (erroneously or not)that it would be only slight improvement over what I have.

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