Currently I'm planning on building my own brush to upgrade from my current Tweezerman Brush as it is too scritchy and often irritates my face when I face lather. I've been looking at either the Finest or Silvertip knot from TGN but I can't decide and I need some help. I currently only use soaps and most people seem to really like the Finest knot for use with soaps but I'm not sure if it will be soft enough to not irritate my face. My concern with the silvertip though is that it won't have enough backbone to work well with soaps. If anyone can help me out it would be appreciated.
TGN Finest or Silvertip
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I suppose the answer lies in what kinds of soaps you use. I have a TGN super silvertip in my brush. While it is absolutely amazing with creams and soft soaps like Arko, it's performance with milled soaps is merely adequate. Then again, I use mostly creams & soft soaps anyway. So, I couldn't be happier with it.
It's really hard to go wrong with a finest. I've used the Silver Tip and find it a little prickly.
Finest fan.
This is another one of those YMMV thing in my view. I have several of the TGN Super Silvertips grade A from TGN in both fan and bulb configurations and find them to be very fine knots. I face lather soaps, creams and shave sticks. I find that they work well with hard milled soaps and in fact I have not found a product where they do not work well.
Regards,
Doug
Regards,
Doug
You should take a look at the pole that is going on currently, the answer will reach out and smack you...
Finest is awesome, as is Superbadger.
The regular grade silvertip seems clipped to me, or like the hairs are poorly sorted as to which end is which.
Phil
The regular grade silvertip seems clipped to me, or like the hairs are poorly sorted as to which end is which.
Phil
General consensus on this forum is that the TGN Finest 2-Band XH is the best of both worlds. Soft, a little scritchy, and plenty of backbone.
I have an Eveready with a TGN finest 2 band XH, and its taken place as my favourite badger.
If you don't want scritchy, I'd suggest you skip the Finest. Also skip the Silvertip and go on and get the Silvertip Grade A. You will get soft and won't have to give up backbone for it. It is good and dense and will feel like a cloud on your face without being floppy, if you set it at a good loft of 50mm or below. That loft will vary by knot size. Super Badger is good, too. Silvertip doesn't suck, it's just not nearly what the Grade A is.
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Thanks to everyone for the help. I think I will just go with the finest, and even it is a little scritchy it will still probably be significantly softer compared to my Tweezerman. I'll be sure to post pics when the brush is finished.
If the Silver Tip Grade A would have been one of the choices, that's different. I really like that knot and it just might be my personal favorite.
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My favorites are both the TGN Silvertip Grade A and the Finest. I think they are both very good with slightly different feels.
If you go with silvertip, get the grade A, the standard silvertip has more scritch than best. My vote would be finest.
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