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    Wow, I just received a pure badger TI brush in the mail and, MAN, it's like lathering up with porcupine quills! I know the 'pure badger' is at the bottom of the quality totem pole but I figured how bad could a TI brush costing sixty bucks, be? Gotta be decent, at least, no? Boy, was I wrong - what a surprise. Let me say first, that the brush does lather like a BEAST - but what's the point if it actually hurts to apply that copious lather to your face? I have a two dollar boar brush that feels like silk compared to this brush. At the end of the day, I was seduced by the cool looking logo on the base of the brush. Worth sixty bucks? I think not, particularly if I now need to spend again for another brush! Live and learn... Maybe I can get my TI handle re-knotted - any suggestion, anyone?

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    Give it a couple of weeks to break in maybe?
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    I never liked the pure badger as well, the bristles are too stiff for me.
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    Ya pure badger can be pretty tough. I would take it to a puck of williams and treat it like one of my boars to see if that may break it in a bit. Lather rinse repeat...

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    The way I see it you have two options: (1) Chalk it up to experience and move on; (2) Work with it and see if you cannot get something out of it.

    Given you paid the money, and given that it sounds as though you have not spent a lot of time with the brush yet (having just got it), perhaps a bit more time with it may be worthwhile. You never know.

    Reknotting could be an option, but I'd check out the cost first - it may be cheaper to just get a new one and keep this one for shaving the cat with or something.

    Good luck.

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    I'd just get a different brush. I never liked the tweezerman for the same reason. shaving half-awake in the morning is not the time I want to get a big bunch of pricking in the face.

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    Well if it's not working out & you have a boar brush that feels like silk; then clean the badger up , let it dry and send it to str8razor (Moderator in charge of the contests & giveaways). Pass it along through him, somebody might like it. Good luck will come your way.

    Forget about the sixty bucks. Move on to the next step in your shaving journey.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    .......................keep this one for shaving the cat with or something.

    Good luck.

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    See I love brushes that have scritch. When it is too rough for everyone else it is just right for me.
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    Old Iron Workers lather with steel wool.

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