@Leverspro - you got me thinking a bit about the misturas. I don't normally soak tips before lathering. Tried it with the Mayd-well today; it greatly reduced the pokiness I was feeling. I will be reaching for my misturas more often!
Hope to have a mistura some day. In butterscotch!@Leverspro - you got me thinking a bit about the misturas. I don't normally soak tips before lathering. Tried it with the Mayd-well today; it greatly reduced the pokiness I was feeling. I will be reaching for my misturas more often!
This is how they (Semogue) call their knot - Mistura Finest.Why is everyone saying "mixture" in Portuguese?
Is it because (Portuguese) Semogue make very good badger/boar mixtures?
Very cool stuff. Thanks for relating your thoughts.I have used it once. I also have the same knot in a barber style handle I turned over a year ago and have used several times. I regularly use an Omega 11047 'mixed midget' as a travel brush, so I have that as a mistura comparison knot.
Bottom line - All three mistura knots do a great job generating and releasing lather. The Shave Forge knot is very similar in feel to the Omega. I am not a big fan of mistura, though. It feels a little pokey to me, surprising since I am a scrubby boar guy who uses badgers just for an occasional change of pace. These are not top end mistura knots, and may use lower grades of badger hair than I have in my badger brushes.
The knot in the MAYD-WELL has shed more than the first Shave Forge mistura I set, but I think that the shedding is due to having to wrestle the glue bump into the metal ferrule.
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Alpha Shaving Co ivory brush with a G4 synthetic knot.