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I can see it having great backbone, but I can't see that brush being soft at all.
Edit: Oh, that's better. I love my Omega 11137.
Edit: Oh, that's better. I love my Omega 11137.
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Dude, get a good boar. Get an Omega or a Semogue and try it. The VDH is a great brush to start out with, but the quality is so that it doesn't make a good brush to judge boars-in-general with. The hairs don't really split at all which would make the tips soft. It takes FOREVER to soften if it ever does.
Correct me if I'm wrong, guys.
Many. I don't but many do.Does anybody here prefer boar over badger?
"Better" is always a highly subjective word, regardless of the topic. It's not different with shaving brushes. What's better is whatever works better for you. For some, it's badgers. For others, it's boars. Expensive badgers are expensive because they're more rare, that's it. Whether they're better for you or not is up to you to determine.I know that badger brushes are technically better (softer, etc.) than boar.
I'm a face latherer and I can have a densely packed, soft tipped brush with great backbone for about $30.00 or less in a boar. The same qualities in a badger will cost at least three times as much.
I am curious to try a horsehair brush this year.
Dude, get a good boar. Get an Omega or a Semogue and try it. The VDH is a great brush to start out with, but the quality is so that it doesn't make a good brush to judge boars-in-general with. The hairs don't really split at all which would make the tips soft. It takes FOREVER to soften if it ever does.
Correct me if I'm wrong, guys.
I tend to prefer a nice, high-quality boar (Semogue!) though I still appreciate badger. I think the combination of backbone and tip softness is magical on a broken in boar.
You should; they work great as well and since they are rather cheap why not give them a try?