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Have you ever made a list of all the brushes you’ve tried?

IMightBeWrong

Loves a smelly brush
Over the years I’ve tried a bunch. I thought it might be interesting to compile a list of every maker I’ve bought brushes from by category so I can actually see how bad my SBAD has been over the years. Not sure if I’ve remembered everything but here is my current list of all purchased brushes (2 of which are still on the way here):

Badger:


Vulfix 1

Rooney 1

Simpson 6

Shavemac 4

Thater 4

Paladin 2

Vie-Long 1

Epsilon 1

Savile Row 2

Wiborg 1

Morris & Forndran 1

Elite 1

Kent 1

Van Der Hagen 1

If I haven’t forgotten any, this puts my total for badger at 27.

Boar:


Omega 5

Semogue 3

Zenith 2

Total 10 Boar brushes, don’t think I forgot any

Synthetic:


Simpson 1

Wolf Whiskers Ubersoft 1

Edwin Jagger 1

Muhle 1

RazoRock 2

Plisson 1

Total of 7 synthetics tried.

Horse I have also tried 5, all from Vie Long.

Curious, anyone else try to list the brushes you’ve had over the years?
 
Wow! that's one serious list but which one is your favourite?

Mine is very limited 😄

Badger:
Muhle 24mm silvertip classic
Edwin jagger 24mm best badger

Boar:
Omega 24mm 10066

Synthetic:
Razorock plisoft 24mm
Razorock plisoft keyhole 22mm
Stirling 24mm two band
Muhle 21mm silvertip fibre (travel)

Peregrino synthetic 26mm is on its way
 
Badger:
Simpson 6
Plisson 2
Shavemac 1
Thäter 1

Boar:
Semogue 2
Kent 1 Hair brush

Horse:
Saphir Medaille D’or (5) but only to shine my shoes!

Synthetic 0
No interest. It’s just not natural....
 

Owen Bawn

Garden party cupcake scented
I began to think about your question but my poorly trained beagle-like mind soon went off following a scent of its own choosing. I've been using badger and synthetic and Italian boar brushes for 12 or 13 years now. That's a lot of shaves, and a lot of equipment. But if I were to add up all of those shaves, the total number would still be fewer than the number of shaves in which I used a single, solitary Surrey boar and/or a scratchy, pokey nylon synthetic. I used those 2 brushes for decades. Ignorance, while not necessarily bliss, did provide a certain innocent contentment that I sometimes miss.
 

IMightBeWrong

Loves a smelly brush
I began to think about your question but my poorly trained beagle-like mind soon went off following a scent of its own choosing. I've been using badger and synthetic and Italian boar brushes for 12 or 13 years now. That's a lot of shaves, and a lot of equipment. But if I were to add up all of those shaves, the total number would still be fewer than the number of shaves in which I used a single, solitary Surrey boar and/or a scratchy, pokey nylon synthetic. I used those 2 brushes for decades. Ignorance, while not necessarily bliss, did provide a certain innocent contentment that I sometimes miss.

Bummer, I was actually looking forward to seeing if you’d come up with a list based on your other posts.
 

IMightBeWrong

Loves a smelly brush
Wow! that's one serious list but which one is your favourite?

Mine is very limited 😄

Badger:
Muhle 24mm silvertip classic
Edwin jagger 24mm best badger

Boar:
Omega 24mm 10066

Synthetic:
Razorock plisoft 24mm
Razorock plisoft keyhole 22mm
Stirling 24mm two band
Muhle 21mm silvertip fibre (travel)

Peregrino synthetic 26mm is on its way

Picking a favorite would be a quite a challenge. Out of my current stable, I am particularly fond of my Simpson’s and Paladin El Dorado.

Out of brushes I no longer have, I wish I had never parted with my old Thater 4125/2 in 3 Band or my PK47 that had a Lee Sabini knot in the early Paladin days simply due to the collectibility now.
 
Boar:
Van der Hagen (center of the knot fell out leaving a halo of hair around the outside/junk)
Grandfather's old worn out brush with a hard rubber handle
Omega 48

Badger:
Dovo 20mm Pure
da Vinci 291 25mm Silvertip
da Vinci 294 22mm Slivertip
Shavemac #177 23mm Slivertip
Simpson Duke D3 Pure
Simpson Eagle G2 Pure
Simpson Tulip T3 Super Badger
Rooney 21mm Pure
Wet Shaving Products "Stubby" 26mm High Mountain White
Whipped Dog Firehouse 24mm Silvertip
Whipped Dog 22mm Silvertip

Synthetic:
da Vinci 273 22mm Synique
 

IMightBeWrong

Loves a smelly brush
Boar:
Van der Hagen (center of the knot fell out leaving a halo of hair around the outside/junk)
Grandfather's old worn out brush with a hard rubber handle
Omega 48

Badger:
Dovo 20mm Pure
da Vinci 291 25mm Silvertip
da Vinci 294 22mm Slivertip
Shavemac #177 23mm Slivertip
Simpson Duke D3 Pure
Simpson Eagle G2 Pure
Simpson Tulip T3 Super Badger
Rooney 21mm Pure
Wet Shaving Products "Stubby" 26mm High Mountain White
Whipped Dog Firehouse 24mm Silvertip
Whipped Dog 22mm Silvertip

Synthetic:
da Vinci 273 22mm Synique

How did the DaVinci Silvertips stack up? I always thought the handles looked juice but lack of reviews made it hard to pull the trigger.
 

IMightBeWrong

Loves a smelly brush
Badger:
Simpson 6
Plisson 2
Shavemac 1
Thäter 1

Boar:
Semogue 2
Kent 1 Hair brush

Horse:
Saphir Medaille D’or (5) but only to shine my shoes!

Synthetic 0
No interest. It’s just not natural....

I am picky about synthetics but I do try them from time to time. My main issue is that I have champagne tastes and beer money so I have to get money together to buy the things I want and I don’t like that most synthetics come across as value bin options. This is why the only synthetics I have around now are a Wolf Whiskers and my new Simpson Chubby 2 Synthetic.
 
I have a list on my Shaving Buddy app. I've got 37 listed. Only one horsehair, 6 boar, 10 synthetics and the rest badger.
 
Roughly in chronological order with ones I still own in italics:
Escali badger
Omega 11575 boar
Muhle synth
WSP Prince badger
Omega 49 boar
Vie Long 14080 horse
L'Occitane Plisson synth
Paladin badger
Omega 49 synth
Semogue SOC boar
Rudy Vey/Maggard synth
RazoRock Plissoft synth

Yaqi Timberwolf synth
Proraso branded tiny Omega boar
AP Shave Co SilkSmoke synth
AP Shave Co SynBad synth
Oz octopus synth
RazoRock 400 Plissoft Noir synth
AP Shave Co Gelousy badger

And I'm waiting on a Graydog with an AP Shave Co 2BED synth
 

garyg

B&B membership has its percs
Way too many - the cross-outs have moved away, or went to live on a farm ..

AP Shave Sinbad
Brad Sears Pug Ebonite 3 Band Super
EverReady "300PBT" Pure
Kent B&B 2009 LE
Kim Son Horn
Made Rite Pure Badger 500 (New Knot Fan Finest by Rudy Vey)
Made Rite Pure Badger 1000
Morris & Forndran "Chief" B&B Group Buy Tortoise
Morris & Forndran Blonde Badger 2 Band
Morris & Forndran/Sears L7 Finest
Omega 11842 Premium BOAR
Paladin Moe Vesuvius
Paladin Churchill LE
Paladin El Dorado Honey Noir
Paladin Falstaff Disco
Paladin High Rise Beehive
Paladin Lotus Ivory
Paladin PK-47 Marble
Paladin PK-47 26 mm Ebonite Cumberland Honey
Paladin PK-47 Knight SE
Paladin Moe Ebonite Kryptonite
Paladin Sherlock Satin Ivory
Paladin Tut Lemondrop
Plisson Briar european White Size 10
Plisson Tortoise Synthetic
Rooney Heritage "Beehive" Size 1 (Small)
Rooney Heritage Stubby 1
Rudy Vey B&B 2014 LE Finest Badger
Rudy Vey B&B LE 2016 2Band Silvertp
Rudy Vey B&B LE 2018 2Band Silvertp Shavemac Fan
Rudy Vey B&B LE 2019 Manchurian Fan
Semogue 1305 GREEN
Semogue LE 2010 #38
Shavemac DO1 Octogonal Ebony
Shavemac TSR LE '15 Xmas 39/50
ShaveMac Synth Tiger
Simpson Colonel X2L BEST
Simpson Duke 2 Best Badger
Simpson M6 Manchurian TSN LE 2014 25/200
Simpson M7 Machcurian SE Abaresco Marble,
Simpson Wee Scot
Simpsons "CT" Vintage Reknotted see http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/193617-Simpson-Brush-ID?p=2877250&highlight=#post2877250
Simpson's Captain Ebony Manchurian
Simpsons Chubby 1 Best 3 Band
Simpsons Chubby 2 Super
Simpsons Chubby 2 Synthetic BADGER
Simpsons Chubby 2 Synthetic BRISTLE
Simpsons Eagle 3 Pure Badger
Simpsons Emperor 3 Super Badge
Simpsons LE Duke 3 Best Badger
Simpsons Phyl8 2013 TSN LE #66 BEST
Simpsons Trafalgar 3 Synth
Wolf Whiskers Chubby 2 w/2 band Shavemac knot
Wolf Whiskers Julie w/2 Band Shavemac
Simpson Polo 8 VB
Simpson Polo 8 Best
Simpsons Emperor 3 Super Badge
Simpson 58B BEST
Rooney Heritage Stubby Size 1Super Silvertip
Rooney Heritage Stubby Size 2 Super Silvertip
Rooney Heritage "Stubby" Size 3
Simpson Commodore X3 BEST
Rooney Blond Genuine Horn 3 Ring Bottom
Burled Handle black Pure european white badger hair
Paladin El Dorado Somerset
Morris & Forndran Blonde Badger 2 Band
Simpson Tulip 2 2 band super
Paladin Moe Graphite
Paladin PK47 TSN 2015 LE #58
Chubby 2 Synthetic BRISTLE
Brad Sears XL Black Honey Ebonite
Paladin Falstaff Strawberry Amber
YAQI R1605-S RESIN TUXEDO Synth
Phoenix Shaving Green Ray Synth
Razorock Snowman Synth
Paladin Chief Harlequin
Paladin Sumo Blue Cobalt
Phoenix Shaving Atomic RocketSynth
Paladin Cleo Neptune
Simpsons Polo 8 Best
Shavemac DO1 Custom Ebony
Muehle 33 K 252 Silvertip Fibre Horn
Thater TSN 5th Ann LE Butterscotch Beehive
Omega Hi-brush Synth
Muhle Travel Synthetic Aluminum Tubo Ver1 synthetic
Paladin Cleo Moonjava
Semogue texugo LE
Semogue 830 RED
Paladin Chief Lapus
Razorock Plissoft Barber Handle
Paladin Sumo Disco
Maggard Synthetic
Simpson's Captain 2
Simpson's Chubby 2 SYNTHETIC
Simpsons Commodore 3
Rooney Heritage "Emillion" Size 2
Razorock Plissoft (Italian Barber)
Whipped Dog Syn 24 mm
Simpson's Chubby 2 Best
Omega B&B LE Orange Boar
Omega B&B LE Yellow Boar
Plisson Synthetic L'Occitane
Simpsons Polo 10 Best
ASYLUM BRUSH CHESWICK SILVERTIP FIBER
Simpson QE II Jubilee SE 124/150 Manchurian
Simpson Keyhole 2
Morris & Forndran Horn Blonde Badger 3 Band
Simpson Chubby 2 Two Band
Muehle 33 K 252 Silvertip Fibre Horn
Omega B&B LE Red Boar
Omega B&B LE Green Boar
Semogue 2012 LE Badger/Boar Combo
Simpson Chubby 1 Two Band Super
Rooney 1/2 Ivory
Rooney 1/1 Faux Horn
Semogue 1305 GREEN
Vie Long Horse Mod#12705
Semogue 830 RED
Thater 4125/1
Semogue 620 BLACK
Shavemac 177 Silvertip Horn
Kent B&B 2009 LE
Omega #81052 - Banded Boar
Bristle-Tite Vintage Pure Badger A1988
Rooney Heritage Alibaba Small
Rooney Stubby Size 1 (Sm) "Finest 2 Band
Rooney Style 3 Size 1 "Super" Horn
E Jagger Best Medium Ebony
Rooney VB "Special" Coral
Omega #80257 Orange SOLD
Vulfix Travel #2273 Sold $40
Jagger Extra Lg Best Badger Ebony
Green & White Boar?
Mayfair (Vulfix) Pure Badger #403A Ivory
Jagger Synthetic Medium Ivory
 

IMightBeWrong

Loves a smelly brush
Way too many - the cross-outs have moved away, or went to live on a farm ..

AP Shave Sinbad
Brad Sears Pug Ebonite 3 Band Super
EverReady "300PBT" Pure
Kent B&B 2009 LE
Kim Son Horn
Made Rite Pure Badger 500 (New Knot Fan Finest by Rudy Vey)
Made Rite Pure Badger 1000
Morris & Forndran "Chief" B&B Group Buy Tortoise
Morris & Forndran Blonde Badger 2 Band
Morris & Forndran/Sears L7 Finest
Omega 11842 Premium BOAR
Paladin Moe Vesuvius
Paladin Churchill LE
Paladin El Dorado Honey Noir
Paladin Falstaff Disco
Paladin High Rise Beehive
Paladin Lotus Ivory
Paladin PK-47 Marble
Paladin PK-47 26 mm Ebonite Cumberland Honey
Paladin PK-47 Knight SE
Paladin Moe Ebonite Kryptonite
Paladin Sherlock Satin Ivory
Paladin Tut Lemondrop
Plisson Briar european White Size 10
Plisson Tortoise Synthetic
Rooney Heritage "Beehive" Size 1 (Small)
Rooney Heritage Stubby 1
Rudy Vey B&B 2014 LE Finest Badger
Rudy Vey B&B LE 2016 2Band Silvertp
Rudy Vey B&B LE 2018 2Band Silvertp Shavemac Fan
Rudy Vey B&B LE 2019 Manchurian Fan
Semogue 1305 GREEN
Semogue LE 2010 #38
Shavemac DO1 Octogonal Ebony
Shavemac TSR LE '15 Xmas 39/50
ShaveMac Synth Tiger
Simpson Colonel X2L BEST
Simpson Duke 2 Best Badger
Simpson M6 Manchurian TSN LE 2014 25/200
Simpson M7 Machcurian SE Abaresco Marble,
Simpson Wee Scot
Simpsons "CT" Vintage Reknotted see http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/193617-Simpson-Brush-ID?p=2877250&highlight=#post2877250
Simpson's Captain Ebony Manchurian
Simpsons Chubby 1 Best 3 Band
Simpsons Chubby 2 Super
Simpsons Chubby 2 Synthetic BADGER
Simpsons Chubby 2 Synthetic BRISTLE
Simpsons Eagle 3 Pure Badger
Simpsons Emperor 3 Super Badge
Simpsons LE Duke 3 Best Badger
Simpsons Phyl8 2013 TSN LE #66 BEST
Simpsons Trafalgar 3 Synth
Wolf Whiskers Chubby 2 w/2 band Shavemac knot
Wolf Whiskers Julie w/2 Band Shavemac
Simpson Polo 8 VB
Simpson Polo 8 Best
Simpsons Emperor 3 Super Badge
Simpson 58B BEST
Rooney Heritage Stubby Size 1Super Silvertip
Rooney Heritage Stubby Size 2 Super Silvertip
Rooney Heritage "Stubby" Size 3
Simpson Commodore X3 BEST
Rooney Blond Genuine Horn 3 Ring Bottom
Burled Handle black Pure european white badger hair
Paladin El Dorado Somerset
Morris & Forndran Blonde Badger 2 Band
Simpson Tulip 2 2 band super
Paladin Moe Graphite
Paladin PK47 TSN 2015 LE #58
Chubby 2 Synthetic BRISTLE
Brad Sears XL Black Honey Ebonite
Paladin Falstaff Strawberry Amber
YAQI R1605-S RESIN TUXEDO Synth
Phoenix Shaving Green Ray Synth
Razorock Snowman Synth
Paladin Chief Harlequin
Paladin Sumo Blue Cobalt
Phoenix Shaving Atomic RocketSynth
Paladin Cleo Neptune
Simpsons Polo 8 Best
Shavemac DO1 Custom Ebony
Muehle 33 K 252 Silvertip Fibre Horn
Thater TSN 5th Ann LE Butterscotch Beehive
Omega Hi-brush Synth
Muhle Travel Synthetic Aluminum Tubo Ver1 synthetic
Paladin Cleo Moonjava
Semogue texugo LE
Semogue 830 RED
Paladin Chief Lapus
Razorock Plissoft Barber Handle
Paladin Sumo Disco
Maggard Synthetic
Simpson's Captain 2
Simpson's Chubby 2 SYNTHETIC
Simpsons Commodore 3
Rooney Heritage "Emillion" Size 2
Razorock Plissoft (Italian Barber)
Whipped Dog Syn 24 mm
Simpson's Chubby 2 Best
Omega B&B LE Orange Boar
Omega B&B LE Yellow Boar
Plisson Synthetic L'Occitane
Simpsons Polo 10 Best
ASYLUM BRUSH CHESWICK SILVERTIP FIBER
Simpson QE II Jubilee SE 124/150 Manchurian
Simpson Keyhole 2
Morris & Forndran Horn Blonde Badger 3 Band
Simpson Chubby 2 Two Band
Muehle 33 K 252 Silvertip Fibre Horn
Omega B&B LE Red Boar
Omega B&B LE Green Boar
Semogue 2012 LE Badger/Boar Combo
Simpson Chubby 1 Two Band Super
Rooney 1/2 Ivory
Rooney 1/1 Faux Horn
Semogue 1305 GREEN
Vie Long Horse Mod#12705
Semogue 830 RED
Thater 4125/1
Semogue 620 BLACK
Shavemac 177 Silvertip Horn
Kent B&B 2009 LE
Omega #81052 - Banded Boar
Bristle-Tite Vintage Pure Badger A1988
Rooney Heritage Alibaba Small
Rooney Stubby Size 1 (Sm) "Finest 2 Band
Rooney Style 3 Size 1 "Super" Horn
E Jagger Best Medium Ebony
Rooney VB "Special" Coral
Omega #80257 Orange SOLD
Vulfix Travel #2273 Sold $40
Jagger Extra Lg Best Badger Ebony
Green & White Boar?
Mayfair (Vulfix) Pure Badger #403A Ivory
Jagger Synthetic Medium Ivory

I missed out on the Rooney Heritage brushes unfortunately. The Rooney I had was a 3/1. I wasn’t crazy about it, felt average. The Heritage looked like a whole other animal.
 
How did the DaVinci Silvertips stack up? I always thought the handles looked juice but lack of reviews made it hard to pull the trigger.
The 291 is my favorite brush, because of the knot (my favorite handle is the Eagle followed by the 293/273 handle). For me it is the perfect combination of backbone and luxurious soft tips while still having somewhat good flow though. It's big but still manageable. I like it so much that I bought a 290 to back it up but haven't used it yet so I can't tell how well I'll like the handle (just holding it feels really comfortable) or how close it's knot compares to my 291.

It doesn't have gel tips (like my WSP Stubby or Simpson Tulip 3) nor are the tips crunchy like gel tip are when dry (it's almost as soft dry as when wet). It has great density, being similar to my T3, not as much as my Stubby but more than my Shavemac #177 (which has a silvertip knot and not the denser D01 silvertip knot). The 291 doesn't have as much backbone as my Stubby but has more than my T3 and my Shavemac.

I picked up the 294 after being so impressed with the 291 but I didn't hit the knot jackpot like I did with my 291. Although it is close it doesn't have as much backbone and it's got a tad more scritch (it's still pillowy soft but not cloud soft like my 291 knot). That and since it's a smaller knot (22mm vs. 25mm) and didn't bloom proportionally as much as the 291 it takes longer to whip up lather. The 294 is still a great brush and (sad to say because I like them so much) puts my Whipped Dog Silvertip brushes to shame.
 

IMightBeWrong

Loves a smelly brush
Nope, but your Q and the @garyg list 👍🏻 make me wish I had. I would have had a lot more cross outs than his since I’m down to about 6, one of which is a recent add.

If I had tried as many as garyg without having made a list ahead of time I would never have been able to recall them all! I’m not 100% I didn’t forget a brush in my own list, and most of those would be crossed out if I were tracking what I have to what I’ve parted with.
 
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