Brush Recommendation

[jrhudgins]

OK, I know that I am bucking the trend toward short-loft, strong-backboned brushes here, but I am actually looking for something very different than that. I get good scrubbing and backbone from my Rooney 3/1 Super, great softness and enough size from my Savile Row 3824, and fun from a scrubby and fairly soft and small restoration I just finished of an Ever-Ready C40 with a TGN 20mm Finest knot set to 45mm. My budget Vie-Long horse hair is too floppy and thin, though workable with an O-ring installed.

Now I am looking for something with a longer loft, for bowl lathering, something to paint lather on my face with, something with the soft tips of the SR but less of a lather hog.
Any suggestions? Kent? Shavemac silvertip? Others?

Thank you

 

[jamesdr]

Sounds like you're missing a shavemac from your rotation. There are infinite possibilities from bernd at shavemac.com. He can make any custom brush you want. I just got a custom brush from him last week. Something to think about.

 

[petr]

polo 10 super

 

[Perished]

Kent BK8
Read the reviews on here mate, sounds like exactly what you're looking for.

 

[JPDyson]

kent bk8
read the reviews on here mate, sounds like exactly what you're looking for.

+1

 

[Joe Edson]

I'd get a Kent BK8 or a Vie-Long 16510. Both super soft brushes, with little to no backbone that you absolutely have to bowl lather to even get lather.

 

[andrew98]

Custom Shavemac Finest with 21mm diameter and 55mm to 58mm loft or a Rudy Vey handle of your choice with a Grade A Silvertip set at about 55mm to 58mm.

-Andy

 

[BladeRunner001]

Sounds like you're missing a shavemac from your rotation. There are infinite possibilities from bernd at shavemac.com. He can make any custom brush you want. I just got a custom brush from him last week. Something to think about.

+1...I don't know about the "infinite" possibilities, but certainly a lot. Drop Bernd an email at Shavemac and tell him what you are looking for. If he can't make it (or have it in stock), it probably doesn't exist

 

[Perished]

I'd get a Kent BK8 or a Vie-Long 16510. Both super soft brushes, with little to no backbone that you absolutely have to bowl lather to even get lather.

I recently, and for the very first time, used a shaving stick (Arko) and face lathered that soap using a Kent BK8. Fantastic. Sheer luxury.

 

[Gruder]

+1 on the Shavemac. (Though that Polo 10 would treat you well, but may be shorter loft-wise than you're seeking.)