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Horse-hair Brush Experience
I just finished my first shave with a horse-hair brush, and thought I would muse out loud about the experience.
Of course, I didn't like my face smelling like a horse corral. But, that will get better, and I fully expected the olfactory assault. But, from there on, it was better. Maybe, even nice.
I do well making lather, sometimes on my face, usually in a lather bowl. I was surprised that the lather on my face was the thickest ever for me. That was surprising to me as I always thought I got good lather before. But, this time the lather lay more thickly on my face than usual. Almost like foamy aerosol lather.
Here's my theory...
Badger hair fills with lather to the point that it almost looks like a pregnant mouse. In my opinion, boar hair doesn't hold lather enough. Even though I didn't think about it till now, this brush makes me think that badger brushes hold onto lather too tightly. And, this reluctance to turn loose of their load results in a thinner lather on my face. On first blush, horse hair holds onto lather half between boar and badger.
An overall nice experience that I expect to improve after the brush is broken in more.
The only other downside, and it was a very small downside, was that the tips of the hair sometimes felt very slightly bristly. Even mentioning will leave the wrong impression as the effect was so slight. I don't use boar often. But, a new boar brush feels much the same way. So, I suspect this will disappear also.
Kudos to the horse who surrendered his mane for me!!
