Hi there!
So, I made this brush the day before yesterday. It's an OUMO Lotustip Machurian 24 mm 2-band badger (gel tips) that I glued to an artisan-made bog wood handle.
I exclusively use shaving soaps. Making lather from cheap Pinaud Clubman soap (which is more like a cream) is very easy. As it's also easy lathering some Edwin Jagger soap in a mug. But I'm mainly using MFW these days. Lathering MFW is kind of tricky with this brush. I've lathered MFW with other badger brushes without problems (my water is not soft, but it's not very hard either).
Yesterday I had some "dissapearing" lather. Then I swirled more and it became a lot more stable but that was kind of an effort. I used warm water.
I noticed that this brush likes to start lathering a little bit on the dry side, then add little bit more of warm water on the tips, then load more MFW then face lather. That way, MFW lather is very stable but not really rich, or let's call it "dense" lather.
I watched Mantic59's tips for lathering MFW. The problem is I really like soft brushes and I really like hard soaps (Tabac, MFW, OSMA, etc.). I understand that's a challenging match every morning.
So, I'm posting this because I'd like to read your experience when lathering hard soaps with Manchurian 2-band badger hair brushes. I know some of you have this type of hair in your shaving brushes. I'm not sure if it's the same as Simpsons but let me say that there's back-bone but the tips are EXTREMELY SOFT. I've never had such soft tips in a brush before. OUMO call this "gel tips" (there's a hook on the tips of the hair and so they're very soft). It retains a crazy amount of water.
Given that picture, what are your suggestions for lathering hard soaps with this kind of badger hair besides warm water and soaking the soap? How can you describe your experience with this type of hair? Is there kind of a learning curve with this type of hair? Because I have the feeling there is but I'd like to read you.
Kind regards,
CoffeeAddict24
So, I made this brush the day before yesterday. It's an OUMO Lotustip Machurian 24 mm 2-band badger (gel tips) that I glued to an artisan-made bog wood handle.
I exclusively use shaving soaps. Making lather from cheap Pinaud Clubman soap (which is more like a cream) is very easy. As it's also easy lathering some Edwin Jagger soap in a mug. But I'm mainly using MFW these days. Lathering MFW is kind of tricky with this brush. I've lathered MFW with other badger brushes without problems (my water is not soft, but it's not very hard either).
Yesterday I had some "dissapearing" lather. Then I swirled more and it became a lot more stable but that was kind of an effort. I used warm water.
I noticed that this brush likes to start lathering a little bit on the dry side, then add little bit more of warm water on the tips, then load more MFW then face lather. That way, MFW lather is very stable but not really rich, or let's call it "dense" lather.
I watched Mantic59's tips for lathering MFW. The problem is I really like soft brushes and I really like hard soaps (Tabac, MFW, OSMA, etc.). I understand that's a challenging match every morning.
So, I'm posting this because I'd like to read your experience when lathering hard soaps with Manchurian 2-band badger hair brushes. I know some of you have this type of hair in your shaving brushes. I'm not sure if it's the same as Simpsons but let me say that there's back-bone but the tips are EXTREMELY SOFT. I've never had such soft tips in a brush before. OUMO call this "gel tips" (there's a hook on the tips of the hair and so they're very soft). It retains a crazy amount of water.
Given that picture, what are your suggestions for lathering hard soaps with this kind of badger hair besides warm water and soaking the soap? How can you describe your experience with this type of hair? Is there kind of a learning curve with this type of hair? Because I have the feeling there is but I'd like to read you.
Kind regards,
CoffeeAddict24