I was on ebay and saw cheap badger brushes and I was curious if these are real or a cheap knock offs using some cheap mystery hair?
Ebay brushes
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you can find cheap, decent "quality" brush for about 17 dollars shipped on ebay, but not all brushes listed are quality though.
eBay is a big place, you're going to have to be a bit more specific than that.
Ebay is a great place to buy old, antique brushes, and restore them, just using the handle and put a nice new knot in.
If you're on a budget, and you need a decent first brush for everyday use, I'd look elsewhere. There are some really good brushes to be had for less than $30. Most of the best boars you can buy are less than that. Now, if you've already got a brush that works for you, and you've got some money to blow, then go for it! You might like a floppy, lightly packed brush for when... eh... 
I bought two of the (shall knot be named) butterscotch, finest badger brushes and have been shaving with them for three weeks. For the money they are hard to compete with. I lost very few hairs. The hair is not quite up to the quality of TGN finest badger, but at $19 for each for a butterscotch badger, delivered, its a best buy.
Another alternative is one of the $10 boar brushes from Shoeboxshaveshop or West Coast Shaving. They are very effective and will last for years.
FYI: Buy only the FS finest or silvertip badger.
Another alternative is one of the $10 boar brushes from Shoeboxshaveshop or West Coast Shaving. They are very effective and will last for years.
FYI: Buy only the FS finest or silvertip badger.
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To kind of give clarification here is an example. http://cgi.ebay.com/Barber-100-Pure...925?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f626a7f5
Really cheap and says badger but no brand and from china. How can I tell if it is too good to be true?
Really cheap and says badger but no brand and from china. How can I tell if it is too good to be true?
Yep, it's badger, I have one. Just be careful with it, mine dropped the knot after a week or so. Nothing a little epoxy didn't fix, but adjust your expectations to the price point
Badger hair varies a lot. Just because a brush is badger doesn't make it good. A $20 boar is almost always a better brush than a $20 badger.
