In my travels today I came across a boars hair brush and having not tried one yet I decided sure why not. It's nothing special, van der hagen natural boar, and from what I've read they actually work better lathering some soaps. Up to this point I've been using a kingsley pure badger and have had no problems lathering soaps, creams or uber.


I had to try it out when I got home so I soaked it in hot water for about five minutes grabbed one of my soaps and away I went....or so I thought. I couldn't get lather to save my life. Idk what I'm doing wrong. Does it just need to be broke in? Is there some secret recipe? This one has me puzzled, up to now my lather has been amazing, shimmery meringue, and was pretty confident in my lather building abilities. Any thoughts gentlemen?