I got four, two Parker's and two Chinese 20 mm brushes from eBay. All of them silver tip badger. I can't tell any difference from the 10 dollar Chinese brushes off or the 35 dollar parker brushes.
How many shave brushes do you own?
- Thread starter Ron Scott
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1 - omega 48 - sticking with one until I have my shaving technique down
For those of you who have more than two brushes (boar bristles and badger hair), do you really sit there and think about which one in your collection you're gong to use for your next shave? Or, do you just randomly grab whatever's dry?
I can understand the desire to try different scents and consistencies of soap & cream.
I can fathom trying different blades and even razors to see if you can get a better shave beyond just perfecting your technique.
But brushes? I don't get it. Is the experience really that different?
I can understand the desire to try different scents and consistencies of soap & cream.
I can fathom trying different blades and even razors to see if you can get a better shave beyond just perfecting your technique.
But brushes? I don't get it. Is the experience really that different?
I only have two: Kent BK8 and a small TOBS silvertip brush
But really only use the Kent as the TOBS is my travelling brush.
I'm really a one brush man - I hate thinking in the morning especially having to decide a shaving brush.
The Kent BK8 is my main and only brush - I know its intricacies (sic) and cant be fathomed to adjust to another brush. I dont mind being boring in the brush dept.
But really only use the Kent as the TOBS is my travelling brush.
I'm really a one brush man - I hate thinking in the morning especially having to decide a shaving brush.
The Kent BK8 is my main and only brush - I know its intricacies (sic) and cant be fathomed to adjust to another brush. I dont mind being boring in the brush dept.
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Yes- I now have five brushes, and they all behave very differently (Badger, boar, horsehair, vintage boar/horsehair mix, synthetic) and two of them still need breaking in properly.
I have as much fun choosing which brush will be on deck as I do razor, blade and lather and am also enjoying the experience of the less used brushes changing their characteristics as they re broken in.
I count mine as 8 3/4.....
Pure badger from Em's
Pure badger turnback from Em's
Kent BK8
SOC two band in cherry
WD 24 set low
No name West German restore (TGN finest)
Semogue 620
Hess - handle only awaiting restore once I decide on a knot (this counts as 1/2)
no name - handle with a completely shot knot that needs a restore (this is also a 1/2)
clear lucite and aluminum with a nylon knot - I bought it for a re-knot project. This is a 3/4. It is in excellent condition, but the nylon knot is SO uncomfortable to use on my face that I just can't count it as whole brush. The knot is truly awful. I would go back to canned goo if I were forced to use this brush as my only brush.
Pure badger from Em's
Pure badger turnback from Em's
Kent BK8
SOC two band in cherry
WD 24 set low
No name West German restore (TGN finest)
Semogue 620
Hess - handle only awaiting restore once I decide on a knot (this counts as 1/2)
no name - handle with a completely shot knot that needs a restore (this is also a 1/2)
clear lucite and aluminum with a nylon knot - I bought it for a re-knot project. This is a 3/4. It is in excellent condition, but the nylon knot is SO uncomfortable to use on my face that I just can't count it as whole brush. The knot is truly awful. I would go back to canned goo if I were forced to use this brush as my only brush.
You might find out that a 48 is all you need! I would buy two though, to give each enough drying time.
I have more than a dozen vintage brushes in varying condition that I hope to restore (eventually), and another dozen or so that I either bought new or were vintage with usable knots that I use. As with my razors, I like mixing it up with my brushes.
Makes sense. Thanks.
I have a specific rotation that I start with every Sunday (each week it's different).
Oh my yes, very different. Think night & day, hot & cold, apples & bacon, black & white...you get the picture. Seriously, I shave my head a couple of times a week and when I'm doing both my face & head I tend to use larger brushes. But one of the fun things about brushes is that even two brushes from the same manufacturer can have very different characteristics & face feel.
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1 AOS boar
1 wolfs brush badger
Eyeing two more now
1 AOS boar
1 wolfs brush badger
Eyeing two more now
Isn't it cheating if you don't use them? Those all look new! Legendary restraint sir!
I have 4, I use 3 because SWMBO hijacked one of them.
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