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This is my first all 10s review I think. And on a cheap boar brush too! I didn't even give my Shavemac all 10s. And it cost 10 time what this one did. Why on earth would a $12 boar brush earn all 10s? Lets find out.
The Omega is a tall brush. 121mm tall. The loft is impressive at 64mm and the know is 27mm diameter. The brush looks smaller in diameter than a badger since the bloom is much, much less. However the height of the bristles makes getting into a mug much easier, and the backbone of boar makes loading a snap.
You'd think that with such a tall loft, even boar would be floppy. But it's not. The bristles are still quite stiff but have no trace of prickliness or scratchiness. It's a superbly comfortable brush. You don't get that feeling of silk that a good badger has, but this thing is NICE against your face.
The handle is also quite large making manipulating it easy. This is a mans brush. Sorry ladies.
The brush holds quite a lot of lather too. It's not a sponge like a badger, but the sheer size of the brush makes up for that. There is enough lather on this thing for several passes.
I mostly use Institut Karite - a triple milled french soap that's just awesome. With this brush it's twice as awesome. I also use creams and this brush is quite competent with them too.
The boar funk is, umm, unpleasant. But that's true of any brush, badger or boar. The only brush I have that didn't reek new was my Omega synthetic. After 5-6 shaves the funk is gone and you are left with a wonderful shaving tool.
The brush does lose the occasional bristle. That seems to be par for any boar, I don't know why. But this one loses fewer than any of my boars. Heck, my top end Shavemac loses the occasional bristle.
Lets do the numbers;
Price - $12 from Shoebox shave shop. You can't beat that.
Quality - you get way more than $12 worth of quality here. Omega brushes just seem to be well made regardless of price and material.
Density - typical Omega. Nicely packed.
Stiffness of tips - the tips are stiff enough to do their job and are scratchiness free. Perfect.
Softness of tips - not a trace of discomfort. Typical of boar. Even the cheapest boars are comfortable, unlike inexpensive badger.
Ergonomic - the size make using this in a mug the easiest of all my brushes.
Latherability - heck yeah. It's hard to beat a boar for lathering soap anyway, and this one take it a step further.
Get one. Get two, they're cheap!
The Omega is a tall brush. 121mm tall. The loft is impressive at 64mm and the know is 27mm diameter. The brush looks smaller in diameter than a badger since the bloom is much, much less. However the height of the bristles makes getting into a mug much easier, and the backbone of boar makes loading a snap.
You'd think that with such a tall loft, even boar would be floppy. But it's not. The bristles are still quite stiff but have no trace of prickliness or scratchiness. It's a superbly comfortable brush. You don't get that feeling of silk that a good badger has, but this thing is NICE against your face.
The handle is also quite large making manipulating it easy. This is a mans brush. Sorry ladies.
The brush holds quite a lot of lather too. It's not a sponge like a badger, but the sheer size of the brush makes up for that. There is enough lather on this thing for several passes.
I mostly use Institut Karite - a triple milled french soap that's just awesome. With this brush it's twice as awesome. I also use creams and this brush is quite competent with them too.
The boar funk is, umm, unpleasant. But that's true of any brush, badger or boar. The only brush I have that didn't reek new was my Omega synthetic. After 5-6 shaves the funk is gone and you are left with a wonderful shaving tool.
The brush does lose the occasional bristle. That seems to be par for any boar, I don't know why. But this one loses fewer than any of my boars. Heck, my top end Shavemac loses the occasional bristle.
Lets do the numbers;
Price - $12 from Shoebox shave shop. You can't beat that.
Quality - you get way more than $12 worth of quality here. Omega brushes just seem to be well made regardless of price and material.
Density - typical Omega. Nicely packed.
Stiffness of tips - the tips are stiff enough to do their job and are scratchiness free. Perfect.
Softness of tips - not a trace of discomfort. Typical of boar. Even the cheapest boars are comfortable, unlike inexpensive badger.
Ergonomic - the size make using this in a mug the easiest of all my brushes.
Latherability - heck yeah. It's hard to beat a boar for lathering soap anyway, and this one take it a step further.
Get one. Get two, they're cheap!
It has great face feel and while I actually like a bit of scritch, this one is very scrubby but very soft at the tips. Not a soft as a Rooney Heritage but softer than almost any other badger I own.
