Omega 10290 Boar
🐽 🐷 🐖 🐗 DecemBOAR 2022!!! Only Boar Brushes for all of December! 🐽 🐷 🐖 🐗
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70 brushes, I wouldn't have anywhere to put them!BoarBAD. That is a new term for me. I thought it is only natural to rotate 9-10 boars and have 70 in your drawers.
You think I have? A few of them are already on the floor by my desk.
I love the color of that beehive handle.
Yes sir, a good buddy of mine from Stockholm brought it to me two weeks ago. I chose one premium (omberg) and two regulars (troll & mr cool) from their collection of soaps. They've been fantastic and I've not shaved with other soaps since. I decided to 3017 the Omberg, both for having some consistency and also because I wanted to experiment with how long it'll last. The premium soap is very hard although not triple-milled. The regular ones are in the consistency of a croap.
Where to buy these? The green almost looks like it would be a cheaper version of the coveted Connaught Jade boar brush with that similarly shaped tulip handle and same color.
Wow!!! Never saw this model before. Is this like the Prorasso special edition Omega? Where to find this one and what model #? Always room for one MOAR BOAR when you got bacon flavored BAD!!!
The golden one is 20480. It is not like the Proraso. 20480 is 70mm. Proraso is 57mm.
My Omega Premium boar was up today. It’s fun using this right after my Zenith unbleached boars. I’m torn, but the Premium Jade is probably #2 for me, behind the Zenith unbleached in the olive wood handle.
I used the Omega Jade today as well. Mine is still a bit pokey and the knot isn't as dense as the Zenith B33. I think I'll like it more after it's broken in. I do love the handle. I don't really know how to use a boar brush yet. The Jade lathered up the Mystic Waters soap in a heartbeat but it thinned out quite a bit after I lathered my face. I did use what I thought was more than enough soap. I'll need to get it into a thicker lather next time. First brush use and a first soap use... not one of my best ideas.
I’m sure Ivan is correct on the model number of my gold handled boar. It has a huge loft but it feels great. Don’t let the high lift fool you, I only use it for face lathering and it’s superb.
Yeah, I'm normally not into high lofts but I think with BOAR, the higher loft isn't floppy like say badger or synths. This gold piggy is on my radar now.
This happened this week to me, except I was using a broken in boar. It will work but it takes dialing in. Once Decemboar is done, try again with a synthetic or a badger brush and you will find it much easier.
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DecemBOAR 2022
Razor: Merkur Opgress (4-2-2-1)
Blade: Astra SP (1)
Brush: Omega Model 10066 White Handle
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper
Lather: Martin de Candre Nature
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman Lilac Vegetal
Fragrance: Belcam G2bu EdT Spray
Superb shave!
Please check out full notes on my shaves plus comments, rankings and other stuff in my Journal: never-stop-learning's Quest for Knowledge - https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/never-stop-learnings-quest-for-knowledge.611194/post-12034887
DecemBOAR 2022
Razor: Merkur Opgress (4-2-2-1)
Blade: Astra SP (1)
Brush: Omega Model 10066 White Handle
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper
Lather: Martin de Candre Nature
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman Lilac Vegetal
Fragrance: Belcam G2bu EdT Spray
Superb shave!
Please check out full notes on my shaves plus comments, rankings and other stuff in my Journal: never-stop-learning's Quest for Knowledge - https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/never-stop-learnings-quest-for-knowledge.611194/post-12034887
I'm just curious, how does the anvil fit into your shave routine
You know, I didn't even see the anvil till you pointed it out. That's a fantastic mini-anvil!
DecemBOAR Shave 1
I've been looking forward to this! I don't have much experience with boar brushes and this will be my first time trying most of this sounder I've assembled specifically for this event.
After some deliberation, the 2014 B&B Essential Boar got the tap for the first shave. This freakishly lucky purchase was from the Murphy & McNeil ebay store and it was NOS, a fresh unused example. I'm still sort of in shock I was able to get a B&B edition brush (for so cheaply, too) and I'm quite honored to even have it. I don't haunt the bay a lot and my jaw dropped when a cursory brush search popped it up. It's had 9 wet/dry cycles now and it definitely softened up over those, but it had nice soft tips pretty much out of the box.
It seemed appropriate to kick off B&B DecemBOAR with a B&B boar brush!
I'm taking my DecemBOAR a little further and I'm committing to face lathering with a soap stick for the month as well. Two things I've only done twice before this shave!! I've been bowl lathering since I started wet shaving 3 months ago.
Boy, face lathering is a lot different than bowl lathering. That difference is even more pronounced moving from synthetic brushes to boar at the same time. I found it more relaxing, somehow. I spent so much more time scrubbing my face with the brush, which while soft, was exfoliating and massaging my face on a whole different level than the Muhle 25mm STF I've been using. To steal a line from @Guido75, the whole shave felt more zen. And I swear my face felt "fresher" after all that soft boar scrubbing, musing on the post-shave feel a few hours later.
And, yes, I used waaaay too much soap stick. In about 45 seconds I looked like Santa. Ok, need to dial the stick application back a little
. I was given about 1oz of MWF as a gift and I had these 1oz roll up containers. I used a garlic press to break up the soap for the stick - it was like making MWF spaghetti! lol.
I've been looking forward to this! I don't have much experience with boar brushes and this will be my first time trying most of this sounder I've assembled specifically for this event.
After some deliberation, the 2014 B&B Essential Boar got the tap for the first shave. This freakishly lucky purchase was from the Murphy & McNeil ebay store and it was NOS, a fresh unused example. I'm still sort of in shock I was able to get a B&B edition brush (for so cheaply, too) and I'm quite honored to even have it. I don't haunt the bay a lot and my jaw dropped when a cursory brush search popped it up. It's had 9 wet/dry cycles now and it definitely softened up over those, but it had nice soft tips pretty much out of the box.
It seemed appropriate to kick off B&B DecemBOAR with a B&B boar brush!
I'm taking my DecemBOAR a little further and I'm committing to face lathering with a soap stick for the month as well. Two things I've only done twice before this shave!! I've been bowl lathering since I started wet shaving 3 months ago.
Boy, face lathering is a lot different than bowl lathering. That difference is even more pronounced moving from synthetic brushes to boar at the same time. I found it more relaxing, somehow. I spent so much more time scrubbing my face with the brush, which while soft, was exfoliating and massaging my face on a whole different level than the Muhle 25mm STF I've been using. To steal a line from @Guido75, the whole shave felt more zen. And I swear my face felt "fresher" after all that soft boar scrubbing, musing on the post-shave feel a few hours later.
And, yes, I used waaaay too much soap stick. In about 45 seconds I looked like Santa. Ok, need to dial the stick application back a little
. I was given about 1oz of MWF as a gift and I had these 1oz roll up containers. I used a garlic press to break up the soap for the stick - it was like making MWF spaghetti! lol.
No pic today, but it was my first shave of Decemboar 2022.
Zenith B33, Lupo 95OC, DR Harris Windsor.
The shave was okay. I'm having trouble with the soap, and I just switched back to the Lupo after using an incredibly gentle prewar tech.
The piggy was great, but the wolf bit me!
Zenith B33, Lupo 95OC, DR Harris Windsor.
The shave was okay. I'm having trouble with the soap, and I just switched back to the Lupo after using an incredibly gentle prewar tech.
The piggy was great, but the wolf bit me!
Omega 10099.
Schick I2 Hydro-Magic (mid to end 1950)
Schick Proline B
Omega 10019
Martin de Candre - Fougère (sample)
Pitralon Classic AS
Balea Sensitive ASB
My trusty 10019 is perfect for face lathering as far as I'm concerned. Been going strong for the past 2 years, next to my other (bigger, 10049) Omega boar.
Schick Proline B
Omega 10019
Martin de Candre - Fougère (sample)
Pitralon Classic AS
Balea Sensitive ASB
My trusty 10019 is perfect for face lathering as far as I'm concerned. Been going strong for the past 2 years, next to my other (bigger, 10049) Omega boar.
DecemBOAR Shave 1
I've been looking forward to this! I don't have much experience with boar brushes and this will be my first time trying most of this sounder I've assembled specifically for this event.
After some deliberation, the 2014 B&B Essential Boar got the tap for the first shave. This freakishly lucky purchase was from the Murphy & McNeil ebay store and it was NOS, a fresh unused example. I'm still sort of in shock I was able to get a B&B edition brush (for so cheaply, too) and I'm quite honored to even have it. I don't haunt the bay a lot and my jaw dropped when a cursory brush search popped it up. It's had 9 wet/dry cycles now and it definitely softened up over those, but it had nice soft tips pretty much out of the box.
It seemed appropriate to kick off B&B DecemBOAR with a B&B boar brush!
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I'm taking my DecemBOAR a little further and I'm committing to face lathering with a soap stick for the month as well. Two things I've only done twice before this shave!! I've been bowl lathering since I started wet shaving 3 months ago.
Boy, face lathering is a lot different than bowl lathering. That difference is even more pronounced moving from synthetic brushes to boar at the same time. I found it more relaxing, somehow. I spent so much more time scrubbing my face with the brush, which while soft, was exfoliating and massaging my face on a whole different level than the Muhle 25mm STF I've been using. To steal a line from @Guido75, the whole shave felt more zen. And I swear my face felt "fresher" after all that soft boar scrubbing, musing on the post-shave feel a few hours later.
And, yes, I used waaaay too much soap stick. In about 45 seconds I looked like Santa. Ok, need to dial the stick application back a little
Face lathering steps up the shave in so many notches above a bowl lathering that I don't understand why people prefer the bowl method.
I do understand that while building the lather on a bowl, you can built it in a better way, and have a better lather at the end, or even if you use a scuttle, you can have a warm lather on your face, which could be pleasant on colder and freezing days.
But by face lathering, you work your face in a manner that it's almost impossible if you just apply the lather after building it on a bowl. The face becomes softer, and the razor just glides over the bristles almost without effort and that leads to better shaves, and less skin irritation.
For me, was a game changer when I tried it for the first time, and guess what? Since that day, I NEVER used a bowl to build a lather again (just to load some soap samples).
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