Thread: What a difference a brush makes!!

My daughter bought me a badger hair brush for Christmas (I've been using boar bristles for several years). I had been somewhat disappointed at the anemic lather produced by finer shave creams, including Musgo Real and Proraso; however, with the badger bristles, I was amazed that after just a couple of whisks (literally) the lather spooled up to rich, wonderful peaks. I never realized what a difference the brush bristles make. I always assumed the stiffer bristles (boar) would more aggressively build lather, but my intuition was proved wrong. After a couple of dips in piping hot water, I had a bowl full of rich lather at least 3-4 times the volume of the brush knot.

I now have a new favorite brush.

Have you fellas experienced similar results?

I'm going the opposite way !

I have 6 badgers, and I love every one of them for a different reason. Now, I've purchased 1 entry level boar and I love it! I'm looking at adding a couple more boars to my arsenal to round out the brush collection. I like the boar for the triple milled soaps and MWF.

The badgers are great for my palmolive and proraso.

About a year ago, I whittled my brushes down to one boar and a pure bristle badger. I was happy. Then a few days ago I discovered an old Fuller synthetic brush new in the box at an antique store. Couldn't believe how wonderful it whipped up a lather and how it felt on the face. Now I'm afraid that I may be missing something with other brushes. I think that BAD is beginning to boil under the surface once again.

I started a few months ago with a cheap boar brush. I didn't like it much, and got a Tweezerman badger for Christmas. It's a whole new experience now that has me excited to get some more badgers brushes. I have an old brush that was given to me a while ago, and after my experience with the new badger, I'm going to restore it and put a new knot in it because it was that much of an improvement for me. I'm sure that at some point I will experiment with higher quality boar and synthetic brushes, but for now, badger is awesome.

I"m gonna make the switch from a boar hair to a 22mm badger soon... I just need to make the handle, lol. the knot feels a lot better than the brush so far.

I'm afraid since I used my first classic two bander badger I was hooked on those types.

I'm looking to pick up a quality boar brush. Any suggestions? Semogue and Omega seem to be the brands most referenced.

I've been researching, and I'm narrowing it down. I'll be purchasing some of these very shortly

Omega Pro49
Semouge 1305
Semogue 2000
Semogue Owners Club with Cherry Handle.

I've been told that bang for the buck, the pro49 wins, at a whopping $9.99.

The Semouge Owner's Club is apparently packed well, with 90% boar tips. (Tips split and become soft, but trimmed hairs won't split.)
The 2000 is apparently the size of the OC, but with lower quality hair.
The 1305, I'm told, is a lovely brush, but if you want a Semogue, get the Owner's Club.

Again, this is all from reading and distilling what other people have been telling me.....

Speaking of distilling, it's happy hour around here.

The Semogue 830 is supposed to be one of the best brushes out there, boar or badger.

My daughter bought me a super badger for Christmas. Feels and lathers like a dream.