Thread: Synthetic uberlather - wow

Sounds like that may be a characteristic of a synthetic brush, with some more prone than others. I don't like to have to rub the lather off the side of the brush near the handle to try and spread it around. Sorta like dealing with a melting ice cream cone.

Bob

The premium men-u synthetic brush is really, really good. It's not cheap (I think ~$50), but I'll take it any day to any similarly priced badger brush.

I have a synthetic Omega brush and it does fine. Good for soaps. Still badger is number one for me.

A rather serendipitous thread, this one. On Sunday I picked up a synthetic travel brush from L'Occitaine (I have no idea how to spell it).
I finally got around to trying it out tonight and I'm impressed. I used some TOBS cream with it and got amazing lather. I have really hard water and have a difficult time getting good lather without using boiled or bottled water with my SRP Thater two band.





I'm down for finding a larger one.

Horsehair, synthetic, and even silvertip badger lack the backbone I want. Black badger is too scritchy. It took a long time for me to make up my mind, but the best for me is finest badger. It roughs up my face a little and absorbs a lot of lather.

I'm, more of a synthetic, horse, and boar kinda guy, but of the badger I have tired to date, black has been my favorite, too Cajun.

A clear distinction should be made between synthetic badger and the REAL deal. After using both the HIS and Omega synthetic badger brushes for a couple of weeks now I have concluded the following.

1. These are excellent brush values by any standard.

2. They have no equal for bowl lathering. If you can't get explosive uberlather from these brushes then you aren't trying.

3. These are not very good for face lathering. The spine is too stiff to splay out on the face with any comfort. The traditional badger, boar or horse will be preferred by face lathering fans.

4. Even when painting the lather upon the face the lather tends to drift toward the handle requiring a wipe at the base. This is not really a problem, it is just another anomaly not like other brushes.

I still highly recommend these new synthetic badger brushes, especially for those who prefer bowl lathering or who with traditional brushes (and water conditions) are unable to raise a decent uberlather.

Enjoy,

Gammary

I just bought a synthetic brush (Omega Synthetic "Syntex" Shaving Brush 90081) because I want to understand how these kind of brushes compare to badger or boar. The fibers are waved (curled) and not straight, and the feeling I am having on my face is similar to a "dry" boar brush. Maybe with lather things may change.
I will do some tests very soon.