My favorite boar is my Connaught Jade, though my favorite natural bristle brush is my Semogue Mistura which combines the scrub of boar with some badger density. It's a fantastic brush for face lathering.
100% agree. The Jade is not a beginner brush IMO though. They take forever to break in!My favorite boar is my Connaught Jade, though my favorite natural bristle brush is my Semogue Mistura which combines the scrub of boar with some badger density. It's a fantastic brush for face lathering.
the Semogue are fantastic, I find 830 too soft... I'm happy with the Soc in first place being a 24 knot but also with 1250 which has a 22 knot and seems like a small soc or 820The Semogue 830 is a fantastic brush for face lathering. It costs around a very fair $25.
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Very well remembered, dear friend.the Semogue are fantastic, I find 830 too soft... I'm happy with the Soc in first place being a 24 knot but also with 1250 which has a 22 knot and seems like a small soc or 820
I do, my dear friend. I have the three SOC you mentioned and love them. But, Mistura is my favorite brush among them all. I have one in Cherry and I'm waiting for another in Butterscoth. As you very well said, it combines the best of both worlds. After reading your post I think my next one will be a Mistura Torga C5.I have tried many boar brushes made by Omega, Semogue and Zenith, including a Semogue in just about every boar knot and three SOC brushes - boar, 2-band finest badger and mistura.
I recently bought three Torga C5 brushes - boar, 2-band finest badger and mistura - and have concluded that maximus backbone can be found in a mistura. Even a stiff boar can get a bit of that wet rag feel. There is something special about the mistura - it has a softness yet retains lots of backbone when wet. I also prefer the shorter loft of the Torga C5 for face lathering.
Curious if anyone else shares my enthusiasm for the mistura and the Torga C5.
I do, my dear friend. I have the three SOC you mentioned and love them. But, Mistura is my favorite brush among them all. I have one in Cherry and I'm waiting for another in Butterscoth. As you very well said, it combines the best of both worlds. After reading your post I think my next one will be a Mistura Torga C5.
Thank you very much!
Exactly, my dear friend. It looks like they achieved a perfect balance in this brush. It is, indeed, a masterpiece.I bought the first Torga C5 in premium boar because I was overwhelmed by the vast amount of premium boar in the SOC. I was intrigued by the photos of older, shorter Semogue brushes I had seen and bought the C5 on a whim. It was love at first use and the rest is history.
It is easy to theorize Mistura as the worst of both worlds but in practice the two different bristles work amazingly well together. I only wish that Semogue would make the Torga C5 line in cherry wood and butterscotch.
I have tried many boar brushes made by Omega, Semogue and Zenith, including a Semogue in just about every boar knot and three SOC brushes - boar, 2-band finest badger and mistura.
I recently bought three Torga C5 brushes - boar, 2-band finest badger and mistura - and have concluded that maximus backbone can be found in a mistura. Even a stiff boar can get a bit of that wet rag feel. There is something special about the mistura - it has a softness yet retains lots of backbone when wet. I also prefer the shorter loft of the Torga C5 for face lathering.
Curious if anyone else shares my enthusiasm for the mistura and the Torga C5.
how is the face feel? scrubby? any scritch?Of all the much anticipated recommendations, I went with @NorthernSoul's recommendation of a Semogue Tonga C5. Received the little beauty today, and just finished using it for the first time. It's just what I was wanting, a small (24mm) boar, with lots of backbone.
Thanks again Clay.