Thread: The softest brush?

Can you guys help me find the softest of brushes?

I am not interested in paying lot of money for the handle, however, I will pay for the softness of the hair.

I have this one now, but its kind off "stabbing" and feels pointy. Am I using it wrong?

Any recommendations? I should look for silver tip, right?

out of my brushes I believe saville row and shavemac were the softest. actually the ultra high grade badger hair as in the high end plissons and rooneys may be a tad softer at the tips, but the hairs are a whole lot stiffer, so it may not be what you're looking for.
what you want is that the bristle tips are not cut to shape the brush, but rather the hairs are selected and aligned so that the tips are fully intact - the one you have doesn't seem to be of that sort, but it's hard to tell from a picture.

I would say my EJ has tips comparable to my shavemacs but is a whole lot floppier- making it feel a lot softer , due to a combination of being less packed as well as sporting hairs that are significantly less stiff.

Shavemacs are a good compromise between differing characteristics, or at least in my case it's pretty close to what I'm looking for.

Try a VULFIX OLD ORIGINAL Badger brush .
I have one that my wife got me 10 years ago as a Christmas present & its been in constant use since then . I dont know what model it is but its very soft & lathers up a treat . Its a brush i would recomend to anyone who has a likeing for a more gentle brush .Paul

The brush you have now is a pure badger and they have a tendency to be very scrubby. If you go to a silvertip and want soft you may be getting more than you bargained for. Most silvertips are very soft. Vulfix brushes tend to be so soft they can be very floppy and that's something most don't like. Check out some best badger brushes. They are much softer than what you have now yet still have some backbone to them. If you do get a silvertip make sure you get one that is very well filled so its not floppy. Checkout Rooney, Simpson, Kent, Saville Row.

+1 above

Rooney brushes are like silk. I'm currently using a Shavemac, it's not overly soft but it's a damn fine lather creater.

I would have to say that my Rooney Stubby2 is too well packed to take advantage of the soft tips as well as having resilient shafts. The overall feel makes it scritchier than a 50mm reduced loft Shavemac. My Stubby2 is a full 5mm higher loft than the specs given out by Rooney. But then again Rooneys are Fan shaped whereas Shavemacs are generally bulbs...

Thx for the good tips. Ill look for a best badger.

But Im a little confused, on my brush its says PURE, but in the description its says BEST.

Best Badger Hair Shaving Brush in Faux Ebony

So this would be a good buy for me?:

http://www.classicshaving.com/i/Rooney/0334.jpg

In the description it says pure and it also says best however I would go by what's on the brush. The retailer doesn't make it so he probably doesn't know either. I would say the rooney is a good choice.