Now that I have rated this product a 10, I must be truthful with my qualifications.
The brush is absolutely beautiful and exquisitely made.
The smallest detail is taken care of and the red presentation box is almost overwhelming.
I would not take anything for this brush and if I had paid twice again as much as the $80 I lucked into on Ebay I would consider it a fair price.
There are many who hold themselves out as trusted experts and one that I always paid attention to was the writer of Fido's Shaving Blog.
He considers this particular brush one of the finest in his collection.
I consider it the most beautiful work of art of the few I own displayed on my shaving shelves. This brush (that I would never give up) knot and loft is really a bit too large for the Tabac soap bowl but it creates a good lather quickly and efficiently. Some of the nicest lather of any of my other brushes. The brush is actually too large and floppy to massage the lather onto the face without going over the lines so to speak. It is so soft you can hardly feel the badger hair and the softness is so luxurious that I almost am tempted to use another brush before I finish so that my skin will feel massaged and exfoliated. I recommend this brush without reservations to own, to caress, to display at the center of your other brushes. Enjoy it but don't expect it to fulfill your needs as a primary go-to Badger or as an only brush. I bought it with confidence after reading so many comments about how the BK12 was too big but this brush borders on being a bit too large..... but I love it.
The brush is absolutely beautiful and exquisitely made.
The smallest detail is taken care of and the red presentation box is almost overwhelming.
I would not take anything for this brush and if I had paid twice again as much as the $80 I lucked into on Ebay I would consider it a fair price.
There are many who hold themselves out as trusted experts and one that I always paid attention to was the writer of Fido's Shaving Blog.
He considers this particular brush one of the finest in his collection.
I consider it the most beautiful work of art of the few I own displayed on my shaving shelves. This brush (that I would never give up) knot and loft is really a bit too large for the Tabac soap bowl but it creates a good lather quickly and efficiently. Some of the nicest lather of any of my other brushes. The brush is actually too large and floppy to massage the lather onto the face without going over the lines so to speak. It is so soft you can hardly feel the badger hair and the softness is so luxurious that I almost am tempted to use another brush before I finish so that my skin will feel massaged and exfoliated. I recommend this brush without reservations to own, to caress, to display at the center of your other brushes. Enjoy it but don't expect it to fulfill your needs as a primary go-to Badger or as an only brush. I bought it with confidence after reading so many comments about how the BK12 was too big but this brush borders on being a bit too large..... but I love it.