I have been wet shaving with a brush for over 5 years. During this time I have only used an EJ Best Badger until recently I took the plunge on a Kent BK8 because it is so frequently recommended for bowl lathering creams. I love the Kent. I love it so much that now I am curios as to what brush I should be using for thick creams (like AdP and Castle Forbes) and soaps. Right now I am using the EJ Best which works fine, but I now know there is something better. I like the size of the BK8, the handle fits great in my hand (the EJ now feels too small). I dont care too much about the knot size, I dont want to go bigger than the BK8 but I could go smaller. Do you guys have any suggestions?
Brush for thick cream & soap
- Thread starter ATL Jack
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I use the Kent H8 with both creams and sopas. No problems at all. Great scrubby brush with good back bone.
Using the BK8 with thick creams and soaps it's definitely possible. You'll have to adjust loading time a little, but it shouldn't be too bad. I found that loading liner helped me with my BK8 and soaps.
Don't be afraid to try the Kent on croaps and soaps too.
If you feel you want a different brush because the Kent is too soft/floppy when loading grab the bristles where they go into the handle to give the brush more "bite" into the soap when you are loading.
If you want another brush because you "just want another brush" then I would steer you to a Simpsons Duke 2 BK8 and Duke 2 will pretty much cover all of your bases
BK8 and Duke 2 are the ones at the right in this pic if you want a size comparison
If you want another brush because you "just want another brush" then I would steer you to a Simpsons Duke 2 BK8 and Duke 2 will pretty much cover all of your bases
BK8 and Duke 2 are the ones at the right in this pic if you want a size comparison
I found that i really like a boar hair brush on soaps and hard creams than my badger brush.
FYI, my growing collection:
Semogue1520 Pure Bristle Shaving Brush
Col.Conk badger
men-uPremium Synthetic Shave Brush
I don't have a nice expensive Badger, yet, to compare to but of these three, prefer the badger with soft cream i have Geo,Taylor,poraso. I like the boar hair with soaps and hard cream like a cello. the synthetic i like in the garbage can
soon, I'll picking up a horse hair brush and try that until one day i break down and get one of those expensive badgers and see how they are.
FYI, my growing collection:
Semogue1520 Pure Bristle Shaving Brush
Col.Conk badger
men-uPremium Synthetic Shave Brush
I don't have a nice expensive Badger, yet, to compare to but of these three, prefer the badger with soft cream i have Geo,Taylor,poraso. I like the boar hair with soaps and hard cream like a cello. the synthetic i like in the garbage can
soon, I'll picking up a horse hair brush and try that until one day i break down and get one of those expensive badgers and see how they are.
