Thread: Looking for advice for a brush to keep in the camper

Hey Guys,

I am looking for advice on a boar brush. I have not yet been infected with B.A.D. At this time I am using a silver tip badger. I do about 25-30 camping trips a year and dont want to carry my silver tip with me. so I was looking for a boar brush for the weekend getaway. does anyone have a recomendation? I dont want to go over the top but dont want to go bottom line either - just looking for something that is good midde of the road and fair to the face. I am looking foward to your advice gentelman.

Kevin

The Semogue 1305 is very nice to the face once broken in. For a little more you could consider something like a Muhle synthetic silver tip. It works well too, is easy on the face and has an advantage in drying quickly.

Bob

I've tried several Omega boar models, and they've definitely made me a believer. They have models at several different price points, so you'll likely find one to suit your needs. The one thing I will say, is they require a short break in period-- but after that, IMO it's pure shaving nirvana.

Muhle synthetic silver tip. It works well too, is easy on the face and has an advantage in drying quickly.

I am glad you brought up drying time that was one of the concerns I had.

I know that it could be several weeks between times used and I hated to let a brush sit around with the temp extremes in the camp box so I was looking toward a boar. Is my thinking correct?
I am looking for a brush that will feel good work good but if I drop it in the dirt I am not going to have a bad day after rinsing it off.

I don't know, but if you let any brush dry before storage any brush should work. The synthetic Muhle I have is very fast drying that is why I bought their travel brush version for trips. A boar would look to be your cheapest option. The reason I mentioned the Semogue 1305 was that once broken in, several weeks of use, it was softer on the face than my Omega 1006 after it broke in. Mind you the Omega was cheaper and does a good job too but has a lot of backbone. The Semogue was about $20 and the Omega can be had for about $10 with the Muhle synthetics a bit more than either. None of the brushes are what I would call expensive and should survive a drop in the dirt and not cause you to wince. I don't know what soap/cream you use camping but I can say the Muhle silver tip synthetic will lather up MWF and my Arko stick just fine so I would see no problems with creams as will the other two.

Bob

'Not qualified to comment on any badgers or synthetics, but on the boars - most will do the job fine. A few are noteworthy, such as the Semogue 830 or 1305 - supposedly the same knot w/ diff. handle. 'Been called the most badger-like of the boars. If you want more backbone, the 620 is prob. the most. It tends to do most of the lather duty for me. I am curious about the more recent synthetics.

By all means, Hides, let us know what you go with, and how you like it.

+1 for the muhle silvertip fiber, size M

A wonderfull brush that gives a lot of lathe very fast, good backbone and dry super fast !

Probably for an occasional use brush to be stored under adverse conditions I'd be looking at a synthetic.

This is great I am learning about new brushes I didn't know about and was too ashamed to ask
I think I am going to get everyones opion on this one before I make a choice.
Pinklather I will be sure to do a follow up on this one.

Hey guys thanks for all the input. After seeing all the responses to my question I played it safe. I ordered the Semogue 830 & the Omega 10049. I knew I was going to really like one of them and have indifferent feelings about the other. I will take the one I have indifferent feelings about and that will be the brush for the camping.

However the purchase of these 2 brushes has now cost me $103.33. While on the web site I left my seat to go turn the chicken on the grill. My lovely wife set down and was looking at the site and noted they had products for woman.
My wife is first generation American and her mother came from Italy. When her mother would go back home to the old world she always brought back Cella “snake oil products” for the face and hands thus I now have a new line of cosmetics coming to add to the abundant line of snake oils we already own.

So that is what I decided as well as how my $34.00 turned into $103.33 but as she pointed out we got free shipping!!