Faster Lathering With Boar vs. Silvertip Badger?

[Nick Danger]

I've been using boar brushes for about a month now. Previously, I used only my silvertip badger.

I have very hard water here in Chicago, so it's always taken me longer to lather than the examples I've seen in some of the videos produced by Mantic or other B&B members.

Recently, I noticed that I've cut minutes off my lathering time with cream when using my boar brushes, particularly my SOC boar (which hasn't even passed the break-in period yet.)

I'm using the same cream that I always do - Spencer & Devon. I always bowl lather.

Does this have something to do the way a silvertip holds lather and water compared to a boar? Is there some other factor at work? Or is this just my imagination?

Anyone else notice faster lathering with a boar vs. their silvertip badger?

Nick

 

[djh]

I can imagine that being the case with a soap as your scrubby boar brush might load soap faster than a softer Badger brush, but your experiences with shaving cream have me perplexed. I've always found my badger brushes to work faster than my boars.

 

[Nick Danger]

I can imagine that being the case with a soap as your scrubby boar brush might load soap faster than a softer Badger brush, but your experiences with shaving cream have me perplexed. I've always found my badger brushes to work faster than my boars.

Perhaps it has more to do with the extra loft of the SOC boar, which allows me to work my lather more vigorously without clanking the handle against the sides of the bowl.

With soaps, you're definitely right that the boars load soaps better than my softer badger brush. That was the initial appeal of the boars for me. Now I'm finding I like them better for both soaps and creams.

Nick