If so, what brush and product?
Do you tend to use certain brushes with specific products?
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Not with specific products but I will use different brushes with different lathering styles (face or bowl). I find some brushes inconvenient when used one way or the other. Example the Duke 2 is more comfortable as a face lathering brush as the handle is just too small to bowl lather without constantly dropping it into the bowl or banging my fingers on the edge of the bowl.
For me longer handle, longer loft work better in a lather bowl and shorter handles shorter loft work best directly on the face.
But as always YMMV
For me longer handle, longer loft work better in a lather bowl and shorter handles shorter loft work best directly on the face.
But as always YMMV
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Yes, many folks do prefer one brush over another for face/bowl lathering but I'm interested in brush/product combinations. For instance, I find myself using my Semogues when I reach for Proraso and RazoRock, my Thater when using Castle Forbes, etc....
Nope, never had a preference based on product alone.
I like my Thater with Creams. My boar I only use with soap. I have no preferences outside of those two.
I use my Semogue 620 boar brush on really hard soaps like MWF, DRH, Tabac, etc. I use my Thater on soft soaps like MdC, RazoRock. And I use my custom TGN Finest on everything in between.
That being said, I really have no trouble using any of my brushes with any of my products except MWF. I really can't get that stuff to lather unless I am using my boar. The other combo's I use are just my preferences. Only seems right to use a luxurious Thater brush with MdC
That being said, I really have no trouble using any of my brushes with any of my products except MWF. I really can't get that stuff to lather unless I am using my boar. The other combo's I use are just my preferences. Only seems right to use a luxurious Thater brush with MdC
I use a Wee Scot with Proraso and a Semogue Boar with Cella . Those are the only soaps I am specific with brushes.
I'm not sure if it's as specific as you're looking for, but different brushes seem to be suited to handle different things. For instance, I have a 21mm Muhle Synthetic Silvertip. I tried to use it with Cella, but it didn't work too well (very soft). I can imagine it working well with a nice cream, which I will try next. But aside from that, a lot of brushes can handle whatever you throw them at, so I don't only use them for specific products.
+1000. I am lathering up with hard soaps mostly. On some accasions though, I like prefer the somewhat softer ones (like Cella and Vitos). Never had an issue with a boar/badger when deciding on a soap really. It´s all comes down to you technique. Mind you the brush manufacturers of the day introduced new designs to their brushes just because of the popularity of creams (aka soft soaps in the the early decades of the mid 20th century). However I never had a issue with loading a say a Simpsons Persian Jar super badger with a triple milled soap.
I use my Colonel when i face lather soaps. When i bowl lather creams i use my Tweezerman.
Generally a stiffer brush with soaps or dense hard creams and a softer one with soft creams. No hard and fast rules though - I have also used a BK12 with soaps and a Chubby 1 with soft creams from time to time.
I generally use my pure badger for creams and swine fur for soaps. My beloved V-L horsey I use on either.
Boars for soaps, Badger for creams
Just a way for me to mix up the rotation, not that any perform better with either and I do use them the other way around, it's not a hard and fast rule.
Just a way for me to mix up the rotation, not that any perform better with either and I do use them the other way around, it's not a hard and fast rule.
Thater 4292/6 2-band with Castle Forbes and QCS croaps, Rooney Heritage 3XL with D R Harris Arlington soap, Kent BLK12 with Trumper and Harris creams
I have a shorter-lofted best badger I use more on MWF. My longer-lofted Silvertip gets the nod more on creams such as Speick and that sort of thing.
I use a smaller brush on tiny pucks, it seems to help loading. Jagger in the little black dish for instance.
No I don't.
With the stubborn Mike's soaps, I use a super dense brush like the Chubs or a pure badger. The thinner the cream, the softer the brush and for soaps something a little denser. It's a matter of preference because most brushes can lather soaps or creams with ease.
the brush: omega 21mm pure badger
products: (psst, i gotta warn ya, that brush above... it's the only one I got.
products: (psst, i gotta warn ya, that brush above... it's the only one I got.
