Good morning shaving fiends.

I’ve been staying over at the ranch lately because Jethro blamed me for the whole incident and is forcing me to work off the debt so he can replace old Diablo. I told him to just sell the strops on Eboy but he has no computer and even if he did he wouldn’t know how to use it besides he ain’t got no electricity anyway.

So I woke up early in the morning to go fetch my prize steer General Beauregard so he could visit the ladies at the ranch and I hear Festus a whooping and a hollering. It seems he looked out from around the haystack where he was with that damned goat doing well, err.. you know what I mean and I guess he saw that mangy badger near the haystack with his family and a bunch of friends almost daring him to come out. So Jethro hears the commotion and runs and grabs his Louisville Slugger and sneaks up behind the badger and whacks him into next July. His buddies ran off. Unfortunately Jethro doesn’t see none too good. Unfortunately he failed to see the 500lb Black Bear that was stalking the Badger and was planning on a Badger meal which was just stolen from him. I guess he decided a change of menu was in order. The last time I saw Jethro he was running into the National Forest with that bear chasing him.

Well, I tried to organize a search and rescue party but Cletus was working at his forge making some expensive Damascus straight razors he ordered from China to sell to the members at SRP and Festus had some unfinished business with that goat so I had to go myself. I never did find him but the next day the Sheriff drove him home. It seems he outran the bear right into the next county.

So the question for this week’s shaving brainbuster involves that badger. Jethro is going to make some badger brushes from the hair on that huge male badger. So the first question is, since Cletus says Boar is far better as a shaving brush than badger should Jethro even bother. So which is better and why?

Second, how many 28mm brushes in the pure, best and silvertip category do you thing he can make from that badger and what distinguishes the grades (so jethro knows how to price them).

Be sure to check back on Wednesday for the answers. I understand those badgers that ran off have a score to settle and I for one am not sticking around when they return especially if that bear comes back too.

Oh and Auntie says your all invited over next Sunday for some Badger Stew and Dumplings.