So... I have some boars and synthetics but only one badger, and to be honest, it's starting to show it’s age. Well I was in Winners the other day (local liquidation type store) and I came upon an Art of Shaving Lavender set with a badger brush for $19. Sold.
Anyway I’m trying this stuff out and thinking to myself, ya know, this stuff really smells bad. It wasn’t long before I clued in that the smell might just be coming from the new badger. Probably.
This got me thinking. We B&Bers put up with the funk knowing that it won’t last but you have to wonder about the first guy to use a badger brush. He didn’t know that the funk would subside. I can just picture some caveman from the 1700s thinking, this brush really makes my green Proraso smell horrible. If I were that caveman, I would’ve tossed the badger and ordered a smell free synthetic off of the internet. (Unless they had bricks and mortar stores/caves in the 1700s in which case I wouldn’t have to order online)
Just my thoughts. (Which may not be historically accurate)
Anyway I’m trying this stuff out and thinking to myself, ya know, this stuff really smells bad. It wasn’t long before I clued in that the smell might just be coming from the new badger. Probably.
This got me thinking. We B&Bers put up with the funk knowing that it won’t last but you have to wonder about the first guy to use a badger brush. He didn’t know that the funk would subside. I can just picture some caveman from the 1700s thinking, this brush really makes my green Proraso smell horrible. If I were that caveman, I would’ve tossed the badger and ordered a smell free synthetic off of the internet. (Unless they had bricks and mortar stores/caves in the 1700s in which case I wouldn’t have to order online)
Just my thoughts. (Which may not be historically accurate)
