Just sharing old observations watching professional barbers performing their craft.
All are free to use or disregard the information.
If one person can get another shave or 20 out of a brush they love my work is done.
Enjoy your brushes and shaves my brothers.
Right, but the difference is that when I’m shaving myself I can feel in my face how much I’m splaying or stiffening the bristles when just holding the handle. I imagine if I were shaving someone else I wouldn’t have that feel and would need to control the brush with my fingers. Especially if I used long-loft brushes, which I do not. So I can definitely see why a barber would need to do this. But I’ll be all right keeping the soap off my fingers. I haven’t actually killed a brush yet.