Ridpath
FIGHTER!
In my time as a wet shaver, I’ve pretty much only used the one brush I had, a small boar brush, maybe 19mm knot. Only recently I obtained my first badger brush and that was a 21/22mm knot.
In terms of building lather, I couldn’t see any advantage to having a larger knot - when loading the brush, the smaller brush was actually more comfortable for me, the soap didn’t get all over the bowl and my hands.
I’ve never felt the urge to experiment with a large brush, since I feel I’d just make a mess of lathering if I did.
My question is: what do you prefer, a small or large brush, and why?
I get the impression that people here mostly gravitate toward large-ish brushes, just wondering why that is.
In terms of building lather, I couldn’t see any advantage to having a larger knot - when loading the brush, the smaller brush was actually more comfortable for me, the soap didn’t get all over the bowl and my hands.
I’ve never felt the urge to experiment with a large brush, since I feel I’d just make a mess of lathering if I did.
My question is: what do you prefer, a small or large brush, and why?
I get the impression that people here mostly gravitate toward large-ish brushes, just wondering why that is.