What are your brushes?

[Skeezixx]

I have several of the heavy hitters, Simpsons, Kents, Rooney but my all time favorite cost less than $10.00

It's an old Klenzo butterscotch handle I picked up in a thrift store for a few bucks retrofitted with a VS Pur Tech synthetic knot I was the only bidder on @ 99cents shipped.

 

[muzichead]

It's an old Klenzo butterscotch handle I picked up in a thrift store for a few bucks retrofitted with a VS Pur Tech synthetic knot I was the only bidder on @ 99cents shipped.

Something tells me the seller didn't make much on that transaction!!

 

[Skeezixx]

Something tells me the seller didn't make much on that transaction!!

"Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes the bug."
Mark Knopfler

 

[hughmonstah]

I mostly have Declaration Brushworks brushes right now:

• 30mm Declaration Custom Sapphire Blackhat Franklin with Batch 1 hair
• 27mm L&L Grooming handle with a Declaration Batch 1 reknot
• 24mm Declaration Blue Washington with Batch 2 hair
• Semogue 610 boar
• 22mm Gluck Huck frosted synthetic knot in an ivory Whipped Dog handle

The Declaration brushes are getting 95% of the use. Once in a while I'll use the Semogue for fun and the synthetic is only for travel nowadays.

 

[Adam18]

 

[RobberBaron]

Started wet shaving about 6 weeks ago. Only brushes so far are:

Omega Pro 49
Semogue 830
Razorback Ivory 22 Plissoft

I'm feeling a major pull for a badger. Thinking about feeling out Larry at Whipped Dog for a reco.

 

[DCRIII]

Here are all of the brushes in my rotation. All of which are made by me. Most of them are Finest Banded Badgers from TGN and Vigshaving. One is a horse from Vigshaving, one is a Maggards synthetic, and one is a TGN boar.

 

[bakerbarber]

Wow.

Nice stuff.

 

[muzichead]

Here are all of the brushes in my rotation. All of which are made by me. Most of them are Finest Banded Badgers from TGN and Vigshaving. One is a horse from Vigshaving, one is a Maggards synthetic, and one is a TGN boar.

Dude, you !! No, really those are some beauties!!

 

[D1dad]

I just picked up the aluminum handled badger from maggard last week and it's really a great brush for the money. My go to brush is a handmade boar that I picked up in Cali for 10 bucks a few years back. Imo a broken in boar brush is hard to beat.

 

[DCRIII]

Dude, you !! No, really those are some beauties!!

Thank you!

 

[Dave Colangelo]

I have quite a few brushes but on the lower price side I have a great Semogue 620 boar which is great for soaps.

As for other regular users its often between a Semogue Owners Club (a bit on the stiffer side) or a Simpson Chubby in Best which is a bit on the softer side.

I got into brush making a while back and have a 24mm custom brush I made that I really love. FWIW if you have access to a lathe you can make really high quality brushes for far less than you can buy them.

Regards
Dave

 

[numerounoo]

I mostly have Declaration Brushworks brushes right now:

• 30mm Declaration Custom Sapphire Blackhat Franklin with Batch 1 hair
• 27mm L&L Grooming handle with a Declaration Batch 1 reknot
• 24mm Declaration Blue Washington with Batch 2 hair
• Semogue 610 boar
• 22mm Gluck Huck frosted synthetic knot in an ivory Whipped Dog handle

The Declaration brushes are getting 95% of the use. Once in a while I'll use the Semogue for fun and the synthetic is only for travel nowadays.

Source of the Gluck Huck frosted synthetic knot?

 

[HiPowerRon]

My current rotation includes 8 Simpsons all I best badger:
Classic 2
Duke 2
Duke 3
56
57
Chubby 1
Chubby 2
Colonel X2L

I've added two more Chubbies, both 1 and 2 in Super. I swear I'm finished buying brushes forever!