Are straight razor users not that into brushes

[BZiel]

I have more brushes, razors, and soaps than I can remember how to argue about.

 

[yakster]

I'll present the other side of the argument, from a DE user perspective (five months in), I have seven DEs and the same brush I started with, a Tweezerman. I just haven't seen the need for another one but it would be nice to have a travel brush. Maybe I should try just lathering in the hands and applying to the face.

 

[Earcutter]

For me a brush is still a mere tool, where a straight is a work oh art. My Ratio is 2:5.

 

[Leon]

For me a brush is still a mere tool, where a straight is a work oh art. My Ratio is 2:5.

Since I began working with Semogue master craftsman almost 4 years ago, I know that a shaving brush is also a work of art.

Just like a straight razor.

I don't know where you got the idea that the straight razor guys don't like or care for brushes. What do you think we use before putting a one inch blade in our face? Canned goo with our bare hands?

 

[Wid]

I just rebuilt a couple so the count is now 5.

 

[Lando]

Unfortunately for me, I like everything, brushes, straights, DEs, soaps, creams...

 

[mycarver]

Unfortunately for me, I like everything, brushes, straights, DEs, soaps, creams...

Yeah, how 'bout it? Me too.

 

[shakin_jake]

I'll present the other side of the argument, from a DE user perspective (five months in), I have seven DEs and the same brush I started with, a Tweezerman. I just haven't seen the need for another one but it would be nice to have a travel brush. Maybe I should try just lathering in the hands and applying to the face.

~~~pick up a tube of this-

next time you're in a well stocked drug store (CVS, Walgreens, etc.). Meant to be applied w/o a brush. I noticed stebbins says he never uses a brush....as well as this nuetrogena product works, I can see why, but I think stebbins said he makes lather in his hand with traditional shaving soap or cream? Seriously, this Nuetrogena product rocks, but I'm kickin old school so that means I use a traditional shave brush. I love boar brushes, horse hair too but a certain English badger brush is what I've been using most lately

Best,


Jake
Reddick Fla.

 

[grump]

I enjoy the the shapes of the handles, the different knot sizes and lofts. While I am very satisfied with my brushes(5 badger, 3 boar) I do have 3 handles waiting for knots and another brush I have just picked up.

So while I most often have my eyes open for straights, I am also always on the look out for brushes screaming for me to take them home.

 

[Slash McCoy]

Amateur. Real men just leave the soap puck sitting on the sink and then slide their face around on top of it. Hands. Pfft.

Why not just rub Your face against a soapy badger's behind?

 

[CanisiusHistGrad]

Why not just rub Your face against a soapy badger's behind?

Not all of us are fortunate enough to find a freshly killed badger in our yard to rub up on.

 

[mycarver]

Do you have a cat? They work pretty well in my experience. The cat didn't seem to like it too much but it's my shave that counts.

 

[Legion]

Unfortunately for me, I like everything, brushes, straights, DEs, soaps, creams...

Yes. The honest answer is I have just as silly amount of brushes as I do everything else to do with shaving. It's a sickness with many symptoms.

 

[CanisiusHistGrad]

I think my dog might be a bit more receptive than the cat, but she does weigh 30 lbs more than the cat... decisions decisions.

 

[Drybonz]

I got a couple Rudy Vey brushes early on, and never really felt the need for anything else. Tried a couple others but my RV's are all I need.

I don't think that has anything to do with the fact that I'm a straight razor shaver though.

 

[Hair apparent]

Last time I looked I had about 25 brushes.

So your ratio of straights to brushes is something like 4 to 1?

 

[Slash McCoy]

Do you have a cat? They work pretty well in my experience. The cat didn't seem to like it too much but it's my shave that counts.

Ah. That would explain the claw marks.

 

[cb91710]

So your ratio of straights to brushes is something like 4 to 1?

Mine is currently 1 to 1... I own 6 of each.
Well, technically, I legally own 7 brushes since I paid for my 2012 RV LE, but it won't be in my possession for 6 months.

 

[Mike'sWorld]

I own lots and lots of each, I appreciate the workmanship of both products.

 

[Frenchlaw]

Can't tell you where I'll come out on this discussion. Just got my first straight razor last month for my birthday and have a custom Rudy Vey on the way to match it. Won't start shaving with the straight until the brush arrives.