Originally Posted by
AxelH
I didn't have one try. an entry-level boar, about the same size as the tweezerman it is compared to. Same price range, too, so it was cheap. I used it for several years, and it functioned fine for my first few soaps, in a smaller lather bowl. I used it successfully with J.B. Williams and a Weishi DE. No problems. But when it comes to making a real lather, especially the kind of thickness needed for someone taking their time with a str8, or especially a beginner with a str8, going with the equivalently priced badger was a no-brain, hands-down winner. Total domination.
And I've had only two brushes for my comparison, but they're both entry-level price and quality yet one is infinitely superior for both creams and soaps (soft and hard). It makes a hell of a lot more lather and of course more passes are hidden in the brush. I used to casually whip up another pass or two in lather with the older setup (boar) because of the combination of boar and smaller lathering bowl. It was fine, for what I was doing.
Excellent advice on the peaks, I was experimenting with getting more glide and I lost sight of cushion. Now I'm using stiffer lathers and getting good cushion with MB. I was also getting additional dilution of product from a rinsed face between passes, I'm probably more of a re-lather without washing kind of guy.