Maybe it's time for a "21 and under" club?
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I'd like to join! I started with a Semogue 830, but it was too big! I now use two brushes, a Simpson 55 (18 mm) and my new Wee Scot (14 mm).
No love here for this guy then?
Ditto that! I love my Razorock Plissoft 22 mm synthetic brush ... lathers beautifully and quickly and feels good on the face.
So you like smaller brushes, huh?
Which of these would you be more likely to use?
On the left, a FINE SuperBadger ... 20mm knot x 56mm loft.
On the right, a FINE Stout Synthetic ... 24mm knot x 50mm loft.
You can't always judge a brush by numbers alone.
Agreed. Currently my only brush. It's only 22....
My Muhle synth is pretty small and it does just as good a job for me as an SOC2. Especially if I'm face lathering a stick.
My first badger is a Wee Scot.
It was perfect for precision application of lather around a beard, which became a circle beard, and is now a moustache.
Posing here with a Fendrihan Scientist razor.
Then I craved another badger, but a leetle bit bigger. Now my default brush is a Simpson Special 1 in Best Badger, with a 20 mm knot.
I use it about half the time. I alternate between that and one of about 5 other brushes (including the Wee Scot) in my regular rotation.
Oh yeah. I have one other, with a 20 mm knot.
The. Worst. Brush. Ever.
It's a boar (?) that came bundled with some shaving soap that I bought at a local farmers' market.
Note that one bristle that curves back down into the ferrule. Some on the far side come out at weird angles, and one bristle comes out between the wooden handle and the ferrule.
It will whip up lather, but is far too stiff (no matter how much you soak it) to paint it onto your face. It just squeegees it out of the way.
I suspect that the vendor gets them for a dollar a pound on eBay or something. I'm going to suggest to her that instead of a free brush, spend the savings on a plastic lidded container, instead of cutting the soap into square blocks to be wrapped in plastic and paper.
It was perfect for precision application of lather around a beard, which became a circle beard, and is now a moustache.
Posing here with a Fendrihan Scientist razor.
Then I craved another badger, but a leetle bit bigger. Now my default brush is a Simpson Special 1 in Best Badger, with a 20 mm knot.
I use it about half the time. I alternate between that and one of about 5 other brushes (including the Wee Scot) in my regular rotation.
Oh yeah. I have one other, with a 20 mm knot.
The. Worst. Brush. Ever.
It's a boar (?) that came bundled with some shaving soap that I bought at a local farmers' market.
Note that one bristle that curves back down into the ferrule. Some on the far side come out at weird angles, and one bristle comes out between the wooden handle and the ferrule.
It will whip up lather, but is far too stiff (no matter how much you soak it) to paint it onto your face. It just squeegees it out of the way.
I suspect that the vendor gets them for a dollar a pound on eBay or something. I'm going to suggest to her that instead of a free brush, spend the savings on a plastic lidded container, instead of cutting the soap into square blocks to be wrapped in plastic and paper.
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Update.
I've been using an Omega 10086 Travel boar brush (with black handle) for a month now, and it's getting twice as many turns as all the others in the rotation.
It was a good deal at Cdn$12.50.
Knot diameter: 18mm
Bristle loft: 42mm
Handle height: 46mm
Overall height: 88mm
I've been using an Omega 10086 Travel boar brush (with black handle) for a month now, and it's getting twice as many turns as all the others in the rotation.
It was a good deal at Cdn$12.50.
Knot diameter: 18mm
Bristle loft: 42mm
Handle height: 46mm
Overall height: 88mm
I'm in... 21 mm seems to be around the perfect size for me. I have 3 brushes at 21 mm; an Omega boar (11648), an Edwin Jagger synthetic (21p36) and as of yesterday a Semogue 620. Having used the Semogue this morning (hard soap, face lather). I can't imagine that I would enjoy using a larger knot. The other brush I have is 22 mm omega boar (10075), but this has quite a stiff backbone so seems to splay less than the Semogue of the synthetic
Rooney Bloaty 6 - no need to rub, just push your face in it!
Also working on how to use the whole badger - just need to figure out where to put the handle....
Also working on how to use the whole badger - just need to figure out where to put the handle....
Small brushes are like small women, I got no use for 'em.
I recently got a Simpson's Special in pure tobsee if I like the hair. For an 18mm brush its a face lathering animal and with the scrub it has I've got to try it with my Arko stick.
Rudy just re-knotted this one for me. 18/42 D01 two band.
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