Thread: Turkish #6

Originally Posted by Slur

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All of them make this big hole in the center. I think it is the way of elaboration of the knot or something like that.

Hara sto kouragio sou pantos file
Ego den tha ta antexa etsi para mono gia ena ksyrisma.
Lot of "patience-courage" you got my friend
I could tolerate them like that more than one shaving.

My Vie Long 13723 is my current favourite brush!

Sorry for resurrecting the topic but I needed to inform you, I am Turkish and all shaving hobbyists here know that Turkish no 6 brush is actually a boar brush, marketed as horse brush because religious concerns of the majority of the people in the country, same thing applies to some other brushes too.

Best wishes

Originally Posted by cbaytan

Sorry for resurrecting the topic but I needed to inform you, I am Turkish and all shaving hobbyists here know that Turkish no 6 brush is actually a boar brush, marketed as horse brush because religious concerns of the majority of the people in the country, same thing applies to some other brushes too.

Best wishes

That was my sense in viewing the picture as well. I have Turkish boar brushes that look like those, not horse. Very nice brushes, by the way.

Have had a #6 in my rotation for a few years.
Like it a lot.
No problems with shedding.
Very different than my Vie-Long horsehair brushes - can believe #6 could actually be boar.

Originally Posted by cbaytan

Sorry for resurrecting the topic but I needed to inform you, I am Turkish and all shaving hobbyists here know that Turkish no 6 brush is actually a boar brush, marketed as horse brush because religious concerns of the majority of the people in the country, same thing applies to some other brushes too.

Best wishes

Started out with a cheap Turkish horse hair brush, and always wondered what a boar brush would be like. Wondering what a horse hair brush would be like now...
Thanks for the heads up.

Originally Posted by Grazor

Started out with a cheap Turkish horse hair brush, and always wondered what a boar brush would be like. Wondering what a horse hair brush would be like now...
Thanks for the heads up.

Try the Vie-Long horse-hair options from Gifts & Care in Spain. Two general variants there: 2:1 tail-to-mane ratio (brown hair) and 1:1 tail-to-mane ratio (white hair and banded hair). Of the two, the 1:1 tail-to-mane ratio is a bit softer.

Horse-hair is different from boar or badger. It tends to clump together when wet, and the hairs are quite straight. For these reasons, I prefer not to soak the knot in advance, just dunk the knot in water for around 20-30 seconds before loading from the puck or whipping up cream in the bowl (adding small amounts of water via hand-transfers from the faucet until the right lather consistency is achieved). Also, I'm not a big fan of face-lathering with horse-hair; it sort of demands a paint-brush approach from my experience.