This brush is being sold on ebay as a vintage shaving brush. Uh, yeah, that's a basting brush. I guess if you shave with melted butter, it could work.
They work pretty good when you shave with butter.
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I wish some sellers would just list something and say, "I don't know what the hell this is," instead of just guessing.
Don't judge! YMMV!