Thread: Wanting to try face lathering

I wanted to try face lathering all I have done is bowl and I wanted to try something different. I wanted to know the best size for face lathering and what's a good brand o get but I'm sure it's all personal preference but figured I would ask anyway

Personally I prefer a brush with lots of backbone and a relatively short loft, a Simpson Berkeley for instance is IMHO a very good, reasonably priced brush for face lathering, and even with it's relatively high loft the SRP LE Thäter works really well

My 19mm's do well in the bowl, but I use 21mm for face lathering; which is pretty much all I do now. Honestly I would judge it by your face, do a dry run and see if you think your current brush/es cover your face the way you like, if they do don't spend the extra cash; unless you're looking for an exscuse that is

Right now all I have is custom brushes a 24mm and 26 and 30 and they really dot have any back bone there just big enough not to have any problem

Gentlemen:
I face lather, using brushes in knot sizes from 20-25 mm. Brushes with backbone are matched with soaps and those with less with creams.

I face lather exclusively. I only own my one brush but I am looking into a travel brush. The brush I have is a 23 mm Thiers-Issard super Badger.

I face lather with big knots and small. Badger and boar both on soaps or Proraso work well and while the smaller knots make less mess of flying lather my favorite is a larger Omega 049 Pro. This brush has plenty of backbone and the tips have developed into wonderfully soft luxurious brushy goodness. I have a short stiff horse hair brush which doesn't do so well face lathering but it excels when used in the palm. The premium horse hair brush I have works well with everything I have put to it.

I don't think I'll be able To afford a thater too rich for my blood I might get another custom just for face lathering purposes

For face lather you generally need a brush with a bit more backbone to it. The larger loft brushes tend to do better in a bowl as they tend to be more floppy. I only bowl lather and use a Tubby 2 from New Forest Brushes or Kent BKL12.

I agree backbone is more important than size for face lathering. But to tell you the truth a plain old floppy badger will work just fine for face lathering. It will take longer and be a bit more challenging but is no big problem really.