My brush is sick!

[The Last Chimney]

I have a Merkur chrome silvertip and it is sick.

It's the only brush I ever use. I absolutely love it, but it is starting to shed! After about a year of shedding nothing but three or four hairs in the first week, it is now losing one almost every day.

I don't know why. I try not to shake it out too hard, and I've washed it once with dish soap. Could I be doing something wrong? Is there any way to reverse this trend toward baldness?

Or is this just something that happens?

 

[California Cajun]

I'd e-mail the vendor you bought it from or a vendor who sells it and ask what possibly could have happened.

 

[andrew98]

I have a Merkur chrome silvertip and it is sick.

It's the only brush I ever use. I absolutely love it, but it is starting to shed! After about a year of shedding nothing but three or four hairs in the first week, it is now losing one almost every day.

I don't know why. I try not to shake it out too hard, and I've washed it once with dish soap. Could I be doing something wrong? Is there any way to reverse this trend toward baldness?

Or is this just something that happens?

This is not typical, but I'd be surprised if a vendor will give you a new one since it's not losing even one hair per shave. I have a boar/badger mix that loses a hair or two every shave. Que sera. Nothing you can do to reverse the trend. Some manufacturers have a guarantee against shedding for some period of time (e.g., 3 years in the case of Shavemac). I don't know if Merkur does that.

It's still worth contacting the vendor. It'll be some amazing customer service if they take care of this problem for you, though.

-Andy

 

[The Last Chimney]

This is not a cheap brush, so I suppose I should try calling them.

What a terrible brush, seducing me, gaining my trust, and then abandoning me when I need it most!

 

[peacefrog33756]

Yes, these brushes are very fickle little things.

 

[DE Shaver]

This is not a cheap brush, so I suppose I should try calling them.

What a terrible brush, seducing me, gaining my trust, and then abandoning me when I need it most!

Sounds like woman instead of a brush. BTW, how are you storing the brush after use? Upside down on a stand or standing upright on the handle?

 

[The Last Chimney]

Sounds like woman instead of a brush. BTW, how are you storing the brush after use? Upside down on a stand or standing upright on the handle?

Upside down; the Merkur design doesn't allow for standing it on the handle.