Hello!
I bought a Semogue SOC Mistura recently, based on the reviews. I've used it maybe 10 times. The issue I'm having is it feels really awkward/takes a lot of pressure to splay (at all). The effort is one annoyance, but I think the biggest detriment is that when I do put lots of pressure on it and splay it, it seems like it doesn't leave much, if any, soap behind on my face (like due to how much pressure it is putting on my face? ..I'm not sure of the exact mechanism).
I'm wondering what brush to try next. I don't have a ton of money. I use hard soaps. I like to face lather as I feel the working of the soap into the face helps to improve the shave/reduce irritation while shaving.
A few I were looking at locally (New Zealand) were the Semogue Torga C3 or C5 boar, or a Semogue 2010 Pure badger, or Semogue 2015 Silvertip badger (I'm happy to order from overseas too though, MaggardRazors, for one, have incredibly affordable economy international shipping). I do like the idea of not having to soak my brushs, so I'd give a synthetic a go too, but I'm wondering if they'd be too soft to load up a harder soap (and I don't like the idea of it flinging soap around).
The most puzzling thing to me is what is causing the 'issue' I'm having with my soc Mistura. Is it the boar hair? Is it the badger hair? Is it the combination of hair types? Is the density? Is the dimensions? ...I don't know.
Any thoughts/general advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
I bought a Semogue SOC Mistura recently, based on the reviews. I've used it maybe 10 times. The issue I'm having is it feels really awkward/takes a lot of pressure to splay (at all). The effort is one annoyance, but I think the biggest detriment is that when I do put lots of pressure on it and splay it, it seems like it doesn't leave much, if any, soap behind on my face (like due to how much pressure it is putting on my face? ..I'm not sure of the exact mechanism).
I'm wondering what brush to try next. I don't have a ton of money. I use hard soaps. I like to face lather as I feel the working of the soap into the face helps to improve the shave/reduce irritation while shaving.
A few I were looking at locally (New Zealand) were the Semogue Torga C3 or C5 boar, or a Semogue 2010 Pure badger, or Semogue 2015 Silvertip badger (I'm happy to order from overseas too though, MaggardRazors, for one, have incredibly affordable economy international shipping). I do like the idea of not having to soak my brushs, so I'd give a synthetic a go too, but I'm wondering if they'd be too soft to load up a harder soap (and I don't like the idea of it flinging soap around).
The most puzzling thing to me is what is causing the 'issue' I'm having with my soc Mistura. Is it the boar hair? Is it the badger hair? Is it the combination of hair types? Is the density? Is the dimensions? ...I don't know.
Any thoughts/general advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
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