Family is here for the weekend but I was going batty not having been able to shave so I excused myself for a few minutes and was looking the the brush that would take the least amount of time to prep. It was either my Trafalgar T2 or this unknown Chinese, wood handle, very soft synth brush that I have no idea where it came from. It had been at our other house for some years and when my wife brought it here along with the Omega and a VdH brush (both of which I remembered), I was completely blank. Gotta remember, I've been using mostly good badger brushes for decades now.
Anyway, to keep it short, I grabbed that cheapie brush and a tube of Proraso Red and squirted a dollop of the cream into my Captain's Choice copper shaving bowl and rinsed the brush for 15-20 second in cold water. In, literally, less than a minute, I had a perfect lather and, unlike the Trafalgar, was able to splay this brush so I could lather the way I like and finish with some painting strokes. Gobs of perfect lather with zero effort (a good amount of credit is due to Proraso). Terrific shave ('61 Tech and 4th and done Perma-Sharp).
What I'm beginning to understand about the love so many are developing for synth brushes is just how quickly they are ready, how quickly they make a good lather, and how they need no breaking in (to speak of). Could I have been wrong? ME? It's possible my friends, just possible...
Anyway, to keep it short, I grabbed that cheapie brush and a tube of Proraso Red and squirted a dollop of the cream into my Captain's Choice copper shaving bowl and rinsed the brush for 15-20 second in cold water. In, literally, less than a minute, I had a perfect lather and, unlike the Trafalgar, was able to splay this brush so I could lather the way I like and finish with some painting strokes. Gobs of perfect lather with zero effort (a good amount of credit is due to Proraso). Terrific shave ('61 Tech and 4th and done Perma-Sharp).
What I'm beginning to understand about the love so many are developing for synth brushes is just how quickly they are ready, how quickly they make a good lather, and how they need no breaking in (to speak of). Could I have been wrong? ME? It's possible my friends, just possible...