I just received the new Vie-Long Sardinero 13800 Horse Hair from Bullgoose (über fast), and wow, am I impressed.
The only friend that I know into Razors is Edgerunner, so I picked his brain about what I was looking for, and told him I was looking at purchasing a New Horse Hair Brush.
I currently use two brushes, a 1950's Stanley Pure Badger, and a Pre-War German Badger Hair. Although I have other vintage brushes, those are too old and in need of repair. The wife has pretty much taken over the VDH Badger Hair as her leg brush, which is fine by me, as I found the loft too large for my preference.
The first thing I noticed about the brush was no smell, I mean none, nada, zilch. That was fine by me, as I really was put off by the stench of the VDH Badger Hair.
I did not feel a need to break in the new brush, I rinsed it off, did 10 swirls in VDH, and then added some water and C.O. Bigelow to build a nice lather.
Very nice. Much more backbone that the VDH, as much as my vintage German brush, but in better shape. In fact, this reminds me so much of that brush, but with no scritch.
This could very well become my daily user, for sure in top three.
This is a great brush for our Muslim and Vegan shaving brothers, as it is not boar, and no animal is killed, only hair that is removed during normal grooming process is used.
Pictured below with others for size comparison.
The only friend that I know into Razors is Edgerunner, so I picked his brain about what I was looking for, and told him I was looking at purchasing a New Horse Hair Brush.
I currently use two brushes, a 1950's Stanley Pure Badger, and a Pre-War German Badger Hair. Although I have other vintage brushes, those are too old and in need of repair. The wife has pretty much taken over the VDH Badger Hair as her leg brush, which is fine by me, as I found the loft too large for my preference.
The first thing I noticed about the brush was no smell, I mean none, nada, zilch. That was fine by me, as I really was put off by the stench of the VDH Badger Hair.
I did not feel a need to break in the new brush, I rinsed it off, did 10 swirls in VDH, and then added some water and C.O. Bigelow to build a nice lather.
Very nice. Much more backbone that the VDH, as much as my vintage German brush, but in better shape. In fact, this reminds me so much of that brush, but with no scritch.
This could very well become my daily user, for sure in top three.
This is a great brush for our Muslim and Vegan shaving brothers, as it is not boar, and no animal is killed, only hair that is removed during normal grooming process is used.
Pictured below with others for size comparison.