Favorite brushes for face lathering
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I am about 80/20 bowl to face shaving, but my Omega boar 10290 kicks *** at both. Plus it was under $10, Winning
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I have a Vie-Long 13800 horsehair and a restored Ever-Ready with a TGN super badger at 49mm x 22mm. They are both great face latherers.
Pretty solid, mostly bowl for hard soaps and face for creams and croaps. Although I have been hitting the Cella hard recently and that is a great face lather!
I only face lather and use a Saville Row 3118 and a Rooney Heritage Emillion 1. I have tried several other brands and several different grades of badger hair and these are the best I have tried for face lathering. I just got a Semogue 620 off of the B/S/T to try next.
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Semogue 1305 is a terrific face latherer, and I've also discovered that my Rod Neep custom does a fantastic job with face-lathering too.
I've always thought that the Neep was a little floppy for anything other than mug-lathering creams, although admittedly I had been comparing it to my Chubby 2 in Super, the density of which makes anything seem floppy.
This morning the Neep had a crack at an unsoaked puck of Tabac, and performed more than admirably.
I've always thought that the Neep was a little floppy for anything other than mug-lathering creams, although admittedly I had been comparing it to my Chubby 2 in Super, the density of which makes anything seem floppy.
This morning the Neep had a crack at an unsoaked puck of Tabac, and performed more than admirably.
Any of the Simpson Chubby series would be great choices for a face lathering brush.
Used my Semogue 1305 loaded with C&E Sandalwood and face lathered today.
This is my typical line up of face brushes (the ones I usually grab when I want to face lather)
This is my typical line up of face brushes (the ones I usually grab when I want to face lather)
+1 for the Semogue 1305 
100% face lather. My favourite brush is my M&F Lee7 25x49 blonde badger ...
Semogue SOC, 1305, 1470, 1520, 1460, are all great face latherers.
YOu will love the 620 to face lather with. IMHO the best boar to face lather.
The B&B LE brushes from '08 and '09 are the best I've come across.
My RV TGN Finest is superb too.
I'm a fan of the Kent BK8 for face lathering, but the LE's edge it out by just a bit.
Now this may all change once my Rooney Finest comes in the mail....
My RV TGN Finest is superb too.
I'm a fan of the Kent BK8 for face lathering, but the LE's edge it out by just a bit.
Now this may all change once my Rooney Finest comes in the mail....
Simpson's Duke in Best badger
Rooney XL - Duke 3 best
Top 3
1) Semogue 2011 LE Bristle 1
2) Duke 3 in 2-Band
3) CH2 in 2-Band
1) Semogue 2011 LE Bristle 1
2) Duke 3 in 2-Band
3) CH2 in 2-Band
I haven't bowl lathered in over a year. After buying 11 brushes last year I've settled into a pattern, a Simpson Rover for hard soaps and a Duke 1 for creams and sticks. The Rover is so good with Tabac or Harris soaps that I have to force myself to use anything else. This spring and summer I plan to bring out some other brushes, store the Rover, and concentrate on using up some old creams.
Omega 11126 or a Vulfix 1000A. Both great face brushes....excellent bowl brushes too for that matter.
