My YAQI Sagrada Familia 2 band badger arrived today from MSC/YAQI South Africa (together with a tub of MSC (mentholated) Peppermint/Lime shaving soap + splash!). There's two reasons why I got myself this brush: to know how well a small brush like this performs and to know how much better a badger is than anything else without braking the bank.
When I opened the box, the diminutive size of the brush just struck me. Quite cute I must say ;-)
I face-lather for 99.9% of my shaves and the small size is definitely a win when it comes to controlling where you want your lather to go! Very handy tool! I always wanted to get myself a Semogue 1305 but hesitated because of the small size. That, I know now, is not an issue. On the contrary...
When it comes to softness, I guess badger sits between boar and synth. Still, when loaded with lather there's not much difference anymore...
I thought it was interesting to line my brushes up to visually compare the sizes (from left to right, handle height-knot height-knot diamter (mm)):
1. OMEGA Jade (boar) 58-52-27
2. YAQI Sagrada Familia (badger) 47-50-22
3. YAQI Atlantis (synth) 65-55-24
4. YAQI Rocks (synth) 62-57-28
5. YAQI Ocean (synth) 67-57-28
6. OUMO Exceed Vitality (5G synth) 62-52-30
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