Looking to upgrade my brush

[Korg]

Hey all,

I’ve been wet shaving for probably about 7/8 years now.

My first, and only, brush is an Edwin Jagger Best badger. It’s been a great brush all these years, but I’m wanting to upgrade to a silvertip brush and I’m just lost and a bit confused. Who makes good brushes, what are the top makers, etc.

So I’m turning to the wealth of knowledge from all you gents that have far more expertise in the matter to steer me in a great direction.

I don’t want to say, price is no object, but I would like to hear options and travel down the rabbit hole a bit.

Added a picture of my current brush. I bought it for about $50’ish back when I started.

Thank you everyone!

 

[samasourus]

I know people are going to recommend some expensive best badger brush and I am sure you will love them, but I wouldn't be afraid to dip your toes in the synthetic brush world. They are very good especially for the price. I have tried some from Phoenix shaving and like them. Enjoy the search!!

 

[Korg]

I know people are going to recommend some expensive best badger brush and I am sure you will love them, but I wouldn't be afraid to dip your toes in the synthetic brush world. They are very good especially for the price. I have tried some from Phoenix shaving and like them. Enjoy the search!!

Thank you. I appreciate your recommendation, but I do want to stay with badger hair

Maybe one day I’ll try synthetic.

 

[Cannon Cocker]

Shavemac brushes out of Germany make some of the best custom badger brushes available at what I believe to be very reasonable prices. They usually offer a nice discount for Black Friday, so you may want to Google their web site to have a look.

 

[KeenDogg]

Shavemac brushes out of Germany make some of the best custom badger brushes available at what I believe to be very reasonable prices. They usually offer a nice discount for Black Friday, so you may want to Google their web site to have a look.

I agree. The 2 band silvertip is great.

 

[Leverspro]

I have a shavemac that I feel is the best badger that I've used. If I were to buy another I'd explore Zenith.

 

[samasourus]

Then check out wolf whiskers

 

[Roy]

Check out the brushes by the SV soap company. Superb in every way and not a hair lost in the 2 years ive had it, beautiful brushes.

 

[ajkel64]

If you want to try a synthetic you could buy a Yaqi synthetic brush. They are very cheap and if you don’t like it then you are not out of pocket much.

 

[muzichead]

Do yourself a favor and check out Whipped Dog. Larry will set you up with a great brush and it won't cost you an arm and a leg!!

 

[Multum in parvo]

Shavemac brushes out of Germany make some of the best custom badger brushes available at what I believe to be very reasonable prices. They usually offer a nice discount for Black Friday, so you may want to Google their web site to have a look.

20% November 19th-26th

 

[CJB3]

+1 on the Shavemac two-band silver tip knots. Really high quality knots without getting ridiculously expensive. You can also have Rudy Vey make a custom handle and set a Shavemac knot in it, which is what I recently did.

 

[Old School TSD]

Simpson, Rooney, M&F... so many to choose.
If you're open to a pre-loved brush check out the bst threads. Some amazing bargains there time to time.

 

[Rudy Vey]

Shavemac definitely will give you the best bang for your buck!!

 

[BigJ]

Shavemac, Rudy Vey or one of Simpsons options would be my choice!!

 

[samasourus]

If you are going to only have 1. Then get one custom built for you!

 

[Messygoon]

20% November 19th-26th

Ditto on all advice above, and a big thank you to @Multum in parvo on sharing the upcoming Shavemac discount.

 

[Korg]

Do yourself a favor and check out Whipped Dog. Larry will set you up with a great brush and it won't cost you an arm and a leg!!

Huh, wow. For those prices I don’t think I could go wrong. I love his handles too. Thanks! Definitely an option for me. I appreciate it!

 

[Korg]

Simpson, Rooney, M&F... so many to choose.
If you're open to a pre-loved brush check out the bst threads. Some amazing bargains there time to time.

Yeah I was looking at the BST group, I don’t mind a used brush, but for some reason I cannot message on any of the posts there and I cannot send private messages, so I cannot even get in contact with a moderator to help solve my issue.

Any advice for that by chance?

 

[SterFry]

Yeah I was looking at the BST group, I don’t mind a used brush, but for some reason I cannot message on any of the posts there and I cannot send private messages, so I cannot even get in contact with a moderator to help solve my issue.

Any advice for that by chance?

There may be a minimum post requirement to send PMs as an anti-spam mechanic? Otherwise you'd be able to simply click on their name then click "start conversation"

Synthetics make perfect single brush options, but If it really has to be badger then...

<$50 - Whipped dog is a good inexpensive choice. So are the Yaqi Badgers. Yaqi has a 24mm 2-band going for $19usd delivered on AliExpress right now, but you'll be waiting a month or two for the brush to arrive.

$50-70 My favorite badgers in this price range are easily my WCS torch handle Silvertip and my ShaveForge 2-band. Both are completely without skritch.

$70-100 Simpson best grade - I'm personally pretty disenchantment by Simpson's best grade as mine are both really skritchy, but a lot of people love them. Ymmv, etc.

$100-200 Simpson Super, Shavemac

$300+ Wolf Whiskers or Paladin