OldSaw
The wife's investment
I don't have a lot of brushes. I only recently bought my fourth brush since the mid 1980's, an Omega professional boar bristle. I used my first badger brush for about fifteen years. My second badger is an AOS pure badger that I bought two and a half years ago.
My first badger, which I still have in my travel kit, was starting to breakdown in the middle, losing hairs that broke off at the base, causing the brush to be somewhat thin and floppy.
My AOS brush is breaking down differently. The hairs are breaking off about mid way down the shaft. It is still rather full and makes great lather, but the shortened hairs are very scratchy.
It bothers me that this rather expensive brush, that I thoroughly enjoyed for the first two years, is becoming so uncomfortable to use. Especially since the less expensive one, while still breaking down, continues to offer me comfortable shaves.
Has anyone else experienced this? I believe that I will have to start saving for a new badger brush. This time I will be looking for something on the order of a silver tip. I also plan on keeping a few high quality boar brushes in rotation to reduce the wear and tear on the badger.
My first badger, which I still have in my travel kit, was starting to breakdown in the middle, losing hairs that broke off at the base, causing the brush to be somewhat thin and floppy.
My AOS brush is breaking down differently. The hairs are breaking off about mid way down the shaft. It is still rather full and makes great lather, but the shortened hairs are very scratchy.
It bothers me that this rather expensive brush, that I thoroughly enjoyed for the first two years, is becoming so uncomfortable to use. Especially since the less expensive one, while still breaking down, continues to offer me comfortable shaves.
Has anyone else experienced this? I believe that I will have to start saving for a new badger brush. This time I will be looking for something on the order of a silver tip. I also plan on keeping a few high quality boar brushes in rotation to reduce the wear and tear on the badger.
