Yes I am a newbie here and to wetshaving(I've only been at it about 6mos.). The cream I like best out of what I tried so far is TOBS sandalwood. I have a Tweezerman badger(beginner's brush) because it seemed most suggestions led me to a badger. I picked up a tube of the Real Shaving Co's pro lather creme because it's local and inexpensive. It did not seem to lather well with my brush. So my questions are these; #1 What would be a comparable boar brush to put up against the Tweezerman for an apples to apples comparison? #2 I've read that boars lather pretty well with soaps might that be true with this particular creme? I understand when one asks questions you get many different answers/opinions so the simpler and direct the answers I could probably prosess better. Thanks in advance.
Boar brush?
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The advantage that people link to a boar over a badger for lathering soaps is that a badger is generally softer than a boar, so a boar could lather a hard soap a little easier.
Thing is - the tweezerman is a low end badger brush and isn't really all that much softer than a mid to high end boar.
I have both badger and boar brushes in my rotation, and have come to know which lathers best with what.
I would suggest a nice Omega Boar, while you also keep and use the tweezerman.
In the meantime, start looking around for a nice soft badger, so you have a wide variety of brushes in your arsenal.
Thing is - the tweezerman is a low end badger brush and isn't really all that much softer than a mid to high end boar.
I have both badger and boar brushes in my rotation, and have come to know which lathers best with what.
I would suggest a nice Omega Boar, while you also keep and use the tweezerman.
In the meantime, start looking around for a nice soft badger, so you have a wide variety of brushes in your arsenal.
I recently tried out a tweezerman - my EJ BBB is far superior and I get good lathers out of creams and soaps. The EJ is much larger/fuller so it holds a lot more lather. I can't speak about badger brushes, but if I owned the tweezerman and got to try out an EJ BBB, I'd be buying the EJ the next day. I got mine... either from the bay or amazon, don't remember - for $45 + free shipping.
I'm a huge boar fan (particularly Semogue) because I face lather my soaps. It may take a few weeks to break in the tips of the boar but when they're soft and with the back bone of the bottom of the knot really feels great.
I do use a few pure badgers I have if I bowl lather but I can't break myself into getting silver tips.
Omega makes a great lineup of boars and they're pure badgers are real good. Also look into the Semogue line from Leon at www.vintagescent.com
I do use a few pure badgers I have if I bowl lather but I can't break myself into getting silver tips.
Omega makes a great lineup of boars and they're pure badgers are real good. Also look into the Semogue line from Leon at www.vintagescent.com
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Welcome to B&B. I use The Real Shave Co. creams and they're among my favorites. They're a little fussy about product to water ratio, but IMO they lather as well as TOBS.
I have success bowl lathering.
You should have no problem making a great lather with a Tweezerman. You may have to experiment with the amount of product (maybe a little more) and the water (adding a little to the bowl as you mix).
I have and like an Omega boar brush as well as several badgers. I don't feel that you would have more success with a boar than with your Tweezerman for this particular cream. I did find that a better badger brush did make lather easier since it held more water and aerated the mixture better and faster.
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I have success bowl lathering.
You should have no problem making a great lather with a Tweezerman. You may have to experiment with the amount of product (maybe a little more) and the water (adding a little to the bowl as you mix).
I have and like an Omega boar brush as well as several badgers. I don't feel that you would have more success with a boar than with your Tweezerman for this particular cream. I did find that a better badger brush did make lather easier since it held more water and aerated the mixture better and faster.
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I've got a Tweezerman I've been using hard for a year and it lathers most everything just fine. I've come to find that different soaps and creams demand more or less product and water, and the water I have here is pretty soft and promotes easy lathering.
I've got a softer, denser badger (Delong, from China) that works well, but oddly I find I miss the slight scritch of the Tweezerman when I use it.
I've very recently (Ho, Ho, Ho!) started using an Omega 49, and my opinion of boar brushes rises every time I use it.
While I don't think the Tweezerman is the one and only culprit when it comes to your lathering woes (hard water, water/product ratio, and technique could all be factors) the Omega is so inexpensive and so nice to have you could use it as an excuse to buy one. Same could be said for the Chinese badger brushes.
If you want to pop for a gorgeous, high end brush just to have a top flight tool that will provide pride of ownership in addition to being functional, by all means do it. Don't think it's a magic wand, however.
I've got a softer, denser badger (Delong, from China) that works well, but oddly I find I miss the slight scritch of the Tweezerman when I use it.
I've very recently (Ho, Ho, Ho!) started using an Omega 49, and my opinion of boar brushes rises every time I use it.
While I don't think the Tweezerman is the one and only culprit when it comes to your lathering woes (hard water, water/product ratio, and technique could all be factors) the Omega is so inexpensive and so nice to have you could use it as an excuse to buy one. Same could be said for the Chinese badger brushes.
If you want to pop for a gorgeous, high end brush just to have a top flight tool that will provide pride of ownership in addition to being functional, by all means do it. Don't think it's a magic wand, however.
I am to receive my first Semogue, so can not speak about those boars yet, I do have an Omega 10098 (big) and a Jaguar 1071 (a bit bigger). I really like the Jaguar it is silky soft and it lathers very well. So I would suggest looking at that one, or for a medium sized brush the 236 (only 4 usd plus shipping on Amazon), or the 1056 (about 8 usd plus shipping). I have them both ordered.
For the price of a tweezerman badger you can get an excellent boar brush. I just picked up an omega pro from WCS for $11 shipped and I love it. It has done very well for me with creams and soaps (better than my budget badger by far).
My original plan was to use the omega until i could save up for a nice super badger. I like omega so much that i have decided to skip the super for now and used that money for a slant, blade sample pack, and more soaps/creams/aftershaves
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My original plan was to use the omega until i could save up for a nice super badger. I like omega so much that i have decided to skip the super for now and used that money for a slant, blade sample pack, and more soaps/creams/aftershaves
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I just received a Vulvix #18 boar brush and it is great! I also have a Semogue 1305 on the way. I was looking for some good boar brushes and posted a thread asking for help and both those brushes were highly recommended.
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