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What's being said in the last few posts makes the most sense. And Tony, I wondered if there is confusion when suppliers in Europe are involved which makes it easy to fall in the trap of thinking that...

Good point Kees, I have already asked Leon to try to find out more information. If and when more is forthcoming, I will of course publish it here. Happy New Year all!

DNA of Eurasian badger of European origin is different from DNA of Eurasian badger of Asian origin.

And here is the documentation of my assertion:

IngentaConnect Mitochondrial DNA reveals a...

All, I found this link on this subject. It appears that a group of scientists studied the DNA of several European shaving brushes and came up with the startling discovery that most of the badger hair...

Bruce, AGREED, but apparantly so. Go figure!

Leon has found out that the Badger hair that Semogue uses is sheared like sheep's wool and that the animals are raised for this purpose. We don't know the country of origin but it appears that Shawn...

Gentlemen, Leon asked master craftsman Sr. Gomes to reveal his source of Badger hair. Sr. Gomes says that all the badger hair that he uses is European in origin. I have always felt that Semogue's...

China is what I've always heard too. But Shawn insists that the EJ farm is for real and that the animals are well treated and sheared like sheep. The coat is allowed to grow back and they are sheared...

I spoke to a fellow named Shawn at Bigelow's Chemists in NYC today and heard something that I thought was very interesting. He said that all the badger hair used in shaving brushes comes from one...