Thread: Initial impressions of Muhle Retro shave brush

That's quite the lineup of brushes my friend!!!!!!

Thanks Brooksie

I don't know how that happened but I like them all for slightly different reasons. Hard to go wrong with any of them depending on what you want in a production brush.

Bob

Used this brush steady for a week now and it never failed to build a rich thick lather with the hard soaps, soft soaps and a cream I tried. It was all face lathering except one with a bowl to make an uber lather with the two worst soaps I have, Williams puck and Old Spice cream. The uber lather that was produced was excellent and in a ridiculously prodigious amount. The knot builds, holds and releases just a ton of lather. It is a keeper. The only thing that might improve this brush for me would be to scale up the handle to be longer.

Bob

Sounds like a winner! It's always nice to hear that cheap soaps are still viable! I was contemplating getting some old spice in a tube but I think I'll pass now! Next soap to arrive is the avocado TOBS

I've been using my Pistachio Retro for a few weeks now. It's probably the softest feeling brush I have. I have to say, man, this thing is one giant dense puffball of fur. I think it may have more badger hair in it than an actual badger. It takes about two swipes to coat a whole side of my face. When bloomed its the size of a cheerleader Pom Pom haha. After shaving and rinsing it I always end up squeezing out a ton of more cream and water from the core of the brush. It kind of makes me feel wasteful. It's a beautiful show piece but after using it I think I may have a preference for a slightly smaller or at least less dense brush. My QED Select has a 24mm knot but its not quite as dense and I think just about hits the sweet spot for me. I'll probably use the Muhle once a week or so but probably not very day. Shoot, I think I takes a whole 24 hours or more to dry out anyway!