Item Description
I used a boar bristle brush after some years of Best and Silvertip badger brushes.
This is the Omega No 48 Professional. A real big brush: 13,3 cm high.
Package pretty simple.
Shown here compared to the miniscule Muehle Silvertip (19 mm knot).
Onto the bowl, after work.
After three passes. Enough lather for two more passes. Lather is thick and lubricating.
(soap used: Roger et Gallet)
After three passes on face, a pass on my arm.
After three passes, a squeeze out of remaining lather.
... and one more squeeze out!
Omega 48 dripped out, after three passes and two squeezes...
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PROCEDURE
Soaked in hot water for a couple of minutes.
Let it drain, but not drip.
Swirled on Roger et Gallet soap approx. 20 times.
Lathering in inox bowl with a spoonful of hot water. Working well for 1 minute or so.
Painting on face. The brush is warm and soft, loaded with lather!
VERDICT
A genuive surprise. Omega 48 is a joy to use with soaps. I used Proraso "soft" soap, and Roger & Gallet hard (three milled?) soap. With both soaps Omega produced a lot of thick lather easily.
Price
For 8.50 euros it's a steal.
Quality
Simply packaged. Handle is plastic: Chromed ABS handle. It seems well made.
Density
Good. You can't compare the boar to badger. It's of a different genre.
Stiffness of Tips
It gets MUCH more soft after soaked in hot water and lathering.
Ergonomic
Excellent. Long handle, long bristles. Like a painting brush, a real pennello!
Latherability
Excellent with soaps tested.
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Discuss thread here>>.
This is the Omega No 48 Professional. A real big brush: 13,3 cm high.
Package pretty simple.
Shown here compared to the miniscule Muehle Silvertip (19 mm knot).
Onto the bowl, after work.
After three passes. Enough lather for two more passes. Lather is thick and lubricating.
(soap used: Roger et Gallet)
After three passes on face, a pass on my arm.
After three passes, a squeeze out of remaining lather.
... and one more squeeze out!
Omega 48 dripped out, after three passes and two squeezes...
-----------------
PROCEDURE
Soaked in hot water for a couple of minutes.
Let it drain, but not drip.
Swirled on Roger et Gallet soap approx. 20 times.
Lathering in inox bowl with a spoonful of hot water. Working well for 1 minute or so.
Painting on face. The brush is warm and soft, loaded with lather!
VERDICT
A genuive surprise. Omega 48 is a joy to use with soaps. I used Proraso "soft" soap, and Roger & Gallet hard (three milled?) soap. With both soaps Omega produced a lot of thick lather easily.
Price
For 8.50 euros it's a steal.
Quality
Simply packaged. Handle is plastic: Chromed ABS handle. It seems well made.
Density
Good. You can't compare the boar to badger. It's of a different genre.
Stiffness of Tips
It gets MUCH more soft after soaked in hot water and lathering.
Ergonomic
Excellent. Long handle, long bristles. Like a painting brush, a real pennello!
Latherability
Excellent with soaps tested.
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Discuss thread here>>.