I picked up this Epsilon Horse Hair and have been using it for the past 15 shaves. I must say I have really enjoyed using this Brush. It has great backbone allowing it to load from a triple mill puck with ease and provides a nice scratchy feel. The handle is so Simpson Chubby and the Butterscotch is a nice colour and kinda antique looking which I also like.
Horse Hair under-rated?
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Imho, these epsilons are great, I’ve got one of each white/brown fan/bulb.
Great looking brush!! 
Very nice. Looking forward to trying one of them.
That’s a very nice brush, with that old-timey feel. I really like horse, my high lofted Vielong has little backbone, but is a champion face painter. Just a great feel.
I agree. I’ve got a custom brush with a high-loft very soft horse hair knot. I’m almost surprised it lathers, but it does that very well. And the face-feel is great. It will even let me do my usual face-bowl-face-bowl lather method. But .......... very, very different from badger and a different galaxy from boar.
Okay, I have little horse hair experience. I had a Vie-Long a long time ago (the Zurito...I think it's the 13061?) and found it moplike according to my notes.
I like boars of almost any dimension and badgers in the 24/50 range if they have enough backbone. I hate lather hogging and dislike scritch.
What's my horse knot?
I love the look of the Epsilon fan-shaped white horse hair knots and handles, but I am unsure what ratio of tail:mane hair I'm looking for and what knot:loft ratio is best. Also, I'm open to almost any knot that works, regardless of whether the numbers match what one might expect in a badger or boar.
I like boars of almost any dimension and badgers in the 24/50 range if they have enough backbone. I hate lather hogging and dislike scritch.
What's my horse knot?
I love the look of the Epsilon fan-shaped white horse hair knots and handles, but I am unsure what ratio of tail:mane hair I'm looking for and what knot:loft ratio is best. Also, I'm open to almost any knot that works, regardless of whether the numbers match what one might expect in a badger or boar.
Never used an actual horse hair brush before...but my Yaqi Rainbow w/ pony synth knot is my favorite synth. If it’s anything like it’s name’s sake, they must be pretty darn good!
Nice looking brush. The butterscotch seals the deal. I've never tried horse, but probably will. I've been exploring cheap Zenith boars, and I've noticed the horse brushes, but they're quite a bit more cost than a boar.
These are the ones I own and when I bought the Zenith I was hooked so from left to right
Zenith Horsehair 50/50, Rubberset 400/4 Vie-Long 24mm Brown Horse Hair, unknown chrome horse but 50/50
I love using them and get fantastic lathers from each one.
As been said very under-rated and that is a great pity more people should use them......
Zenith Horsehair 50/50, Rubberset 400/4 Vie-Long 24mm Brown Horse Hair, unknown chrome horse but 50/50
I love using them and get fantastic lathers from each one.
As been said very under-rated and that is a great pity more people should use them......
"50/50" . Does this mean half mane and half hair but 100% horse over all? Or is it horse mixed with something else?
50% mane + 50% tail hair.
That has not been a problem with my brush, made by Vie-Long. You do want to soak the brush for a few minutes, just to get the hair soft and flexible. You don't want to smash the brush into the face, as some people love to do. Just light pressure is all that is needed.
Ive lost about 4/6 hairs I think.
I agree with soaking just for a few minutes.
I mainly use painting motions to make my lather, both on the face or palm lathering and the horse brush outperforms my synthetics. Love it.
I agree with soaking just for a few minutes.
I mainly use painting motions to make my lather, both on the face or palm lathering and the horse brush outperforms my synthetics. Love it.
Decided I wanted to give a horse hair brush a try, so I grabbed one of the last ones of these from Maggards
www.maggardrazors.com
Vie-Long B0270924 (12705) Peleón Horse Hair Red Handle Shaving Brush, 24mm
Vie-Long Peleón Horse Hair Shaving Brush, Red Handle. Uses Natural Unbleached Horse Hair In The Approximate Mix Of 35% Mane Hair & 65% Tail Hair. Valencia, Spain. Handle Diameter: 36mmHandle Length: 47mmLoft: 57mmKnot: 24mm Give that new brush a proper home, check out our selection of brush and...
Decided I wanted to give a horse hair brush a try, so I grabbed one of the last ones of these from Maggards
Vie-Long B0270924 (12705) Peleón Horse Hair Red Handle Shaving Brush, 24mm
Vie-Long Peleón Horse Hair Shaving Brush, Red Handle. Uses Natural Unbleached Horse Hair In The Approximate Mix Of 35% Mane Hair & 65% Tail Hair. Valencia, Spain. Handle Diameter: 36mmHandle Length: 47mmLoft: 57mmKnot: 24mm Give that new brush a proper home, check out our selection of brush and...
That's the brush I bought just for the knot I removed it from that handle and fitted it into a Rubberset 400 seen below its the brush on the right-hand side.
Yes, I love that knot it makes fantastic lather.
Looks perfect for shining shoes.
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