Just bought a new Silvertip by Jagger from Crabtree & Evelyn. This is only the second brush I have bought since buying my first one (an ordinary pure bristle) when I first started shaving 35 years ago!

Do I need to do anything with my new brush? Wash it out, boil it, pray to it etc.

How essential is a stand? My old brush just gets stood upright when I've finished.

I have never used or owned a quality badger brush before!