Thread: I zing the body eclectic

Thanks for the Hale and Hearty Hi, pfries!

I've essentially got one good brush: an Omega boar knot on a B&B handle -- quite a delight. (Ok, I've also got a BestShave $2.50 horsehair, but that's really just for experimentation.) I'm still a badger virgin.

I'm on a very tight budget, starting up a new enterprise, so will probably not have more than one boar, badger, and horse brush for the next year or so, so I want the best badgery brush experience I can get for up to $30.

Leading candidates thus far:

• The Whipped Dog $26 Silvertip,
• The Golden Nib two-band finest badger knot on a super-affordable yet nice handle yet to be identified.
• The most alluring vision, I must confess: I discovered yesterday what I call a Chubby Manchurian -- a fat (30mm/80mm) knot from Mr. Chen on AliExpress (for all of $19 shipped) on a chubby-alike handle, yielding a 55mm loft and a tight yet beauteous blossom and what seems an excellent combo of backbone and softness and all good badgery things.

I'd love to find the least expensive source for a handle that would fit that knot or who'd make one like that pictured, a chubby-homage handle. Here's the hard part: my handle budget is around $15. Suggestions are very welcome.

Originally Posted by pfries

Welcome to the forum
Dive on in the lather is fine.
As far as the brushes go you will get as many suggestions as there are brushes they all have their fans.
Backbone, softness size and so on, what characteristics are you looking for

Wo, that's some memory on you, Sharptonn! The 60sssss. I, too, sang that glorious American grade school history musicale arrangement, although a decade later. But, I must confess, I'm already anachronised ahead of you -- I was going back to Whitman.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yes, Singer, I remember a school play "I sing the body electric" back in about '69! really Hippy! Beginning of our fine school system!
Welcome to the forum and don't worry about the 60's! We shall take you to the 1800's!
Sounds a good start.

I got a Manchurian badger off eBay, was Frank's shaving. Frank's got pretty good reviews here some time ago. It had a defect of some sort which I am yet to find so was marked down, to around $30 Aust. Should have Been about $85, and I got a free stand and styptic. Their delivery was reasonable as well. Please note I am new here to and as my tagline sugests, I know everything about nothing and not too much about that :-)

Yeah, those Frank Shaving "damaged" and "or best offer" deals seem pretty sweet. I read good things about them (although mixed things, as well), and this is my fall-back, cheap-out option if I'm feeling poor (an unfortunate, but more common than I'd like to admit feeling). Not nearly the character or sense of engagement of assembling my own, possibly custom brush, but FS seems like a great value.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I got a Manchurian badger off eBay, was Frank's shaving. Frank's got pretty good reviews here some time ago. It had a defect of some sort which I am yet to find so was marked down, to around $30 Aust. Should have Been about $85, and I got a free stand and styptic. Their delivery was reasonable as well. Please note I am new here to and as my tagline sugests, I know everything about nothing and not too much about that :-)