I have not tried enough brushes to proclaim them the softest, but the now discontinued but still obtainable Kent silvertips are incredibly soft. For face lathering I find the BK4 ideal.
I'm still waiting on the list ranking each of the top 300 soaps for residual slickness.I don't think I've seen a single member criticize the advice he's given by other B&Bers so consistently and across so many posts as this guy. He did the same thing way back in his residual slickness compared to SV soap thread and just about every one in between.
Not a massive amount of backbone on the Thäter. Quite minimal really without being floppy. I just saw the thread title without reading the criteria.What about backbone, though?
This giant Rooney silvertip is the softest brush ever made. Unobtainium, it can be yours for $900.
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Me too @Owen Bawn, with a little exception - I'm (still) only interested in the Top10I'm still waiting on the list ranking each of the top 300 soaps for residual slickness.
How is this to be determined. I want something objective, perhaps a trip down a one meter thirty degree incline, traversed by an agreed upon razor released from the top and timed. Fastest trip down wins!Me too @Owen Bawn, with a little exception - I'm (still) only interested in the Top10
Those "in the know" are welcome to chime in:
RESIDUAL SLICKNESS: Top 10 soaps of all time?
I should say my experience is rather limited, as I've only used about a dozen soaps or creams since I switched to wet-shaving some 2 years ago. That said - maybe I was just lucky - the only soap that makes it possible for me to do repetitive strokes over the same spot without having to...www.badgerandblade.com
Yes, I think you are right...just used my Thaeter today, and it feels like a cottonball on the skin, absolutely scritch. Completely forgot the two 3-band Thaeter I have, use mainly two band these days.Thater 3-band silvertip
I have three brushes with this knot. Two were made by Rudy and the Beagle is the third. No question the Beagle has the most scrub. But my fan Beagle is still relatively new. The softest was the 2018 B&B limited edition but it also had the most break-in time. The newest (a Persian Jar) is slightly newer than the Beagle and slightly softer. I think the relative loft has a lot to do with the feel, but also would not discount the knot getting softer with use.This is my experience with the Beagle as well. We had Bernd set the knots 2-3 mm lower than he recommends in order to increase scrub. A bit of scritch appears to be a side effect of this, particularly in the bulb.
Thäter 3-band. Pretty much zero face feel. The only brush I’ve ever considered to be too soft.
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At home in Reno I too have this knot set sort of high in a Switchback 400 handle and it's definitely cloudlike. Not much backbone, seems just enough to stand up by itself. Perhaps this knot is even softer than some Vulfix silvertip brushes I have, and they're quite soft.My favorite of all of my brushes is this $35 high mountain white badger knot from Amazon, set in a vintage Rubberset 400 handle.
Used with a warm Dirty Bird scuttle it's like flopping a hot cloud around your face. Highly recommend (24mm btw).
May I ask you in what sense exactly:Between the Shavemac D01 silvertip and the Simpson Super, I'd give the edge (just slightly) to Simpson's.
The Simpson's is not as dense by just slightly softer tips. That could be because of the density. Both brushes I'm comparing are fan shapes.May I ask you in what sense exactly:
> Knot density
> Loft shape
> Feel of the hair tips on the face(how so?)
> Lather release / lather hog
Or is it aesthetics rather...?
You bein' a smart@$$?I've used the same brush for 50 years, rebadgered once, so god knows I'm no expert. But the softest brushes I've ever seen are make-up brushes, You can find them in beauty supply house. !. I don't know if they are badger. 2. I don'y know if they will stand up under repeated face-lathering. Not very expensive, so could be replaced with little pain.