Just got into this wet shaving ritual and am wondering how long do you guys keep your badger hair brushes before tossing them to get a replacement?
a year?
2?
3?
lifetime?
a year?
2?
3?
lifetime?
How long do silvertip brushes last? a few years?
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I would imagine they will last nearly a lifetime if cared for. Longer if used in rotation. My father has been using the same boar brush for as long as I can remember and before I was born.
I'd say it depends on the quality of the brush. If you get a cheap, supermarket boar, it probably will last a year. Spend a couple bucks more for an omega, and you have a great brush for many, many years. I'd say the same would be for badger.
A quality brush should give you years of great service if cared for. Ten years of hard use may be getting near the end. I haven't had one that long, but mine are a few years old and still look and perform like new.
My first brush, a Trumpers branded Vulfix, is coming up on 15 years old. Of course it see much less use now that I have discovered Rooney, Shavemac, Kent, Plisson et al.
Sorry to be off topic, but did ever you choose a new brush? I remember you were thinking of one a while ago.
A brush as good as a silvertip should last longer than you'll be around.
I have a Vulfix 370 that had been arround for more than 10 years.I do not see why it should not last for a long,long time.
Oh, silvertip doesn't last all that long. I suggest you buy a Rooney Heritage of some sort. It will start to degrade after about a year, at which point I'll gladly take it off your hands. I'll even pay the postage to ship it to me.
-Andy
Any brush that is made properly (boar, pure, best or silvertip) and taken care off (it has to get DRY at some point in between shaves) will last for decade(s) if not a lifetime.
Buying badgers under $25,= might not be the best way to get a long life out of your brush but with a bit of luck brushes might live longer than you do...
Buying badgers under $25,= might not be the best way to get a long life out of your brush but with a bit of luck brushes might live longer than you do...
My C&E boar brush has been with me for 9 years now averaging about 5 shaves per week. It still works wonderfully.
regards,
Gary
regards,
Gary
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Thanks for all the replies.
Do any of you who have had their brushes for awhile, wish that your badger hair plumes could look brand new instead of all the bristles being bend down and more open?
Do any of you who have had their brushes for awhile, wish that your badger hair plumes could look brand new instead of all the bristles being bend down and more open?
That is how a badgers brush should look.
It is only when they are new that they look pristine and unused..
If you air dry the brush and then comb it, followed by rolling it up in tissue paper, you will find after a few days it will again look like new.
Incidentally, a common fault with older brushes was that the plug would often come loose from the handle. Especially if you left your brush on a window ledge with the sun beating down on it.
But today with new resins and handles that tend not to expand and shrink, I can see no reason for the brush to not last a lifetime. The badgers hair is tough stuff. Its why they make painting brushes out of the lower quality hair.
Buy a wooden handle or a horn handle and you are more likely I suspect to get trouble.
It is only when they are new that they look pristine and unused..
If you air dry the brush and then comb it, followed by rolling it up in tissue paper, you will find after a few days it will again look like new.
Incidentally, a common fault with older brushes was that the plug would often come loose from the handle. Especially if you left your brush on a window ledge with the sun beating down on it.
But today with new resins and handles that tend not to expand and shrink, I can see no reason for the brush to not last a lifetime. The badgers hair is tough stuff. Its why they make painting brushes out of the lower quality hair.
Buy a wooden handle or a horn handle and you are more likely I suspect to get trouble.
If you get a custom Shavemac with a 45mm loft, it will always look like it's hardly bloomed.
-Andy
The higher end brushes can cost hundreds of dollars, so I expect them to last a good long time. Although I have a fairly large assortment of brushes, I use two almost exclusively - a Simpson CH2 Super and a Plisson 16 HMW. I've had both for nearly four years now, and neither one shows any signs of crapping out any time soon. The CH2 even has a couple cracks in the handle from when my cats decided to play soccer with it; I sealed the cracks with Gorilla Glue and haven't thought about the problem since. The brush works as well as it always has. So my answer would be hopefully a lifetime, or at least a good decade or more.
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