Eurasian badger
American badger
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Some midweek badger geopolitics for our amusement.
I also purchased the Omega Premium 011842 27/52mm knot from Connaught about 2 months ago(been using it for 2.5weeks). It is as you say “gave it a go and wow, same thing awesome lather, great backbone and a very nice handle”. I like to add that it felt pretty much broken in unlike my first Omega Pro 10049. I just recently purchased the Proraso and Omega 40033 Mighty Midget=no frills just performance brushes. Omega boar brushes are high quality. My next brush will be a Zenith Boar. Anyone have the best Zenith Boar brush they would like to suggest?Being a badger guy seemed to be me with a couple of boar, actually 3 that didn't seem to work out for me a few years back. I actually started with a SOC cherry wood handle boar that was beautiful as my first brush, couldn't get much out of a pretty quickly gave up. Started the whole badger adventure and loved them, went thru just about all the top makers and settled that I was a badger guy. Curiosity got to me and wondering if I gave up to soon on the boar, I bought another SOC cherry handle boar and gave it a shot, months later and still not getting what I thought I should out of the brush, I bought the Semogue 1250 I think and got the same results, not much. So, I went back to badger and used them for the next several years. Recently I was being curious again and thought I would give Omega a try on their boar brush #10066. I got the brush in 2 days for around $19.00 at my door. No fancy package just a brush. I cleaned it and palmed lathered a few times and let it sit over night with lather in it. The next day I said why not give it a try. So after a soak I lathered the brush and took it to the face for a face lather and was totally blown away by the awesome lather it built, not 1 but 3 passes and a then 4th just to see what was left. I could never get the Semogue brushes I owned to give up lather, I'm sure it was just me. The brush had plenty of backbone and very soft tips right off. It was a totally different experience than I had in the past with boar. Time went on and shave after shave the brush just got better with split ends and tips hooking and still have good backbone. So, I started looking into Omega brushes more and discovered a thread that really praised the 011842 formally 011829 I think. So yeah, I bought it and received it today and after washing and palm lathering I gave it a go and wow, same thing awesome lather, great backbone and a very nice handle in my opinion. I thought I would share this because I know someone would like to experience a good boar and I can speak for these 2 awesome brushes. I don't know what this means but the boar guys will appreciate it lol, I haven't touched my high end Badgers since receiving the first Omega I mentioned and now I have 2. Thanks for all the great threads that inform me and keep me up at night.
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Considering 'boar' brushes come from sows, it's not so bad.
Since I started out with Omega Pro 49 brush the Proraso actually has shorter loft than the 49, but not by much. The proraso is not too big for me, considering I got used to the Omega 49. The Proraso(also made by Omega) was softer than the 49 right out of the box, and it has less backbone than the 49 BUT has the perfect balance. Performance wise it gives amazing face lather, and if i want more backbone, i just squeeze the bottom of the loft (especially for mustache area. To speed up the break in process I did 3 things—first i let it soak in very mild dishwashing detergent for 10min., 2nd.. i let it soak in Johnson&Johnson Baby Shampoo., 3rd I mixed some TOBs Sandalwood and let it sit for an hour. I washed it off under cold water and let it air dry. I highly recommend the Proraso!, ps—get it off ebay for $12 instead off amazon which is $19
I'll dump all my DE gear in the trash can for her. How do I contact her?Considering 'boar' brushes come from sows, it's not so bad.
BTW —I just got an email from ItalianBarber and they now have the Proraso brush available and back in stock for $15.99Since I started out with Omega Pro 49 brush the Proraso actually has shorter loft than the 49, but not by much. The proraso is not too big for me, considering I got used to the Omega 49. The Proraso(also made by Omega) was softer than the 49 right out of the box, and it has less backbone than the 49 BUT has the perfect balance. Performance wise it gives amazing face lather, and if i want more backbone, i just squeeze the bottom of the loft (especially for mustache area. To speed up the break in process I did 3 things—first i let it soak in very mild dishwashing detergent for 10min., 2nd.. i let it soak in Johnson&Johnson Baby Shampoo., 3rd I mixed some TOBs Sandalwood and let it sit for an hour. I washed it off under cold water and let it air dry. I highly recommend the Proraso!, ps—get it off ebay for $12 instead off amazon which is $19
I also prefer Omega boars over Semogue. I refer Omega knots, but Semogues have better handles. The obvious solution is to have a custom brush made with an Omega knot.
Nice collection!I love my boars for hard soaps;
Love my Badgers for creams;
Love my horse hair for Croaps or whenever I feel the urge;
Love my Synthetics for travel;
And the only brush I hate, but keep around to remind me that there is worthless crap out there being sold, so buyer beware;
I think Proraso recent batch is much different from the one two years ago. I have one bought 2 years ago which is really great. It has so much backbone.Since I started out with Omega Pro 49 brush the Proraso actually has shorter loft than the 49, but not by much. The proraso is not too big for me, considering I got used to the Omega 49. The Proraso(also made by Omega) was softer than the 49 right out of the box, and it has less backbone than the 49 BUT has the perfect balance. Performance wise it gives amazing face lather, and if i want more backbone, i just squeeze the bottom of the loft (especially for mustache area. To speed up the break in process I did 3 things—first i let it soak in very mild dishwashing detergent for 10min., 2nd.. i let it soak in Johnson&Johnson Baby Shampoo., 3rd I mixed some TOBs Sandalwood and let it sit for an hour. I washed it off under cold water and let it air dry. I highly recommend the Proraso!, ps—get it off ebay for $12 instead off amazon which is $19
