Hello! Been using a safety razor for about a year now and reading on B&B a little longer. I have technique and razor and blade pretty well sorted. I have been using Cremo for years and it works well enough.
If you put some on the fingers and massage it in well, (much like face lathering) it gives pretty good coverage and results.
I am ready to change some variables. I want better than "pretty good." I am ready start using a brush and proper shave soap.
As I am coming up on 50 before too long and have worked hard my whole life, my hands are beat up. I have arthritis, my thumbs are especially bad and carpal tunnel. I hope to finally have the carpal tunnel addressed in December.
A pinching type grip, like holding a pen is the painful. The smaller the worse.
I am not a collector of things. I prefer one fine thing and to use it well. I have no need for multiple brushes.
I plan to face lather.
I will only be looking at synthetic knots in the 22mm to 24mm range with a low-ish loft.
On my short-ish list now (all synthetic):
Simpson Eagle 2 (coming soon?)
Simpson Rover
Simpson M7
Shavemac #386 24mm knot with a 26mm or 28mm sized handle.
Shavemac Rubberset 400 24mm knot.
I have considered the PAA Switchback 400 with a real nice Gen5 knot from AP but, really not keen on a metal handle. Not out of the question though.
These brushes represent my tastes and reflect weeks of thought, research, YouTube and online forum reading (especially here).
I know there are other makers with similar. I have probably considered them. Some criteria have been; $100 ceiling, nothing made in China, no black knots (look like make-up brushes to me), no garish colors, not tiny.
For those of you with bad hands. Of those listed above or in similar esthetic, which can you recommend?
Advice welcome!
If you put some on the fingers and massage it in well, (much like face lathering) it gives pretty good coverage and results.
I am ready to change some variables. I want better than "pretty good." I am ready start using a brush and proper shave soap.
As I am coming up on 50 before too long and have worked hard my whole life, my hands are beat up. I have arthritis, my thumbs are especially bad and carpal tunnel. I hope to finally have the carpal tunnel addressed in December.
A pinching type grip, like holding a pen is the painful. The smaller the worse.
I am not a collector of things. I prefer one fine thing and to use it well. I have no need for multiple brushes.
I plan to face lather.
I will only be looking at synthetic knots in the 22mm to 24mm range with a low-ish loft.
On my short-ish list now (all synthetic):
Simpson Eagle 2 (coming soon?)
Simpson Rover
Simpson M7
Shavemac #386 24mm knot with a 26mm or 28mm sized handle.
Shavemac Rubberset 400 24mm knot.
I have considered the PAA Switchback 400 with a real nice Gen5 knot from AP but, really not keen on a metal handle. Not out of the question though.
These brushes represent my tastes and reflect weeks of thought, research, YouTube and online forum reading (especially here).
I know there are other makers with similar. I have probably considered them. Some criteria have been; $100 ceiling, nothing made in China, no black knots (look like make-up brushes to me), no garish colors, not tiny.
For those of you with bad hands. Of those listed above or in similar esthetic, which can you recommend?
Advice welcome!