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.

Originally Posted by Theseus

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.

That's encouraging to hear!

I really like the way my Tweezerman silvertip builds lather, but it is like a mop when it comes to applying that lather to my face (some may like that). Then I bought myself am Omega boar brush which doesn't build lather as easily as my silvertip badger, but the firmness of the boar hairs are much appreciated when applying that lather to my face. I thought about trying a stiffer grade of badger and then I ran across the Men-U Premier Synthetic so I ordered one of them to try.

Originally Posted by erickson

That's encouraging to hear!I really like the way my Tweezerman silvertip builds lather, but it is like a mop when it comes to applying that lather to my face (some may like that). Then I bought myself am Omega boar brush which doesn't build lather as easily as my silvertip badger, but the firmness of the boar hairs are much appreciated when applying that lather to my face. I thought about trying a stiffer grade of badger and then I ran across the Men-U Premier Synthetic so I ordered one of them to try.

I've heard nothing but good things about the Men-U brush. Try it out and report back.