The best shaving brush
- Thread starter beraza
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I'm a newcomer so I don't have a bunch of experience, but I just got a Rooney 3/1 Super and I feel it makes a better lather than my Savile Row Silvertip.
I'm sure you'll get a bunch more suggestions from members with more experience.
I'm sure you'll get a bunch more suggestions from members with more experience.
What he said.
What do you like about your current brush? What do you dislike about it? What's a quality you wish it had?
Answer those questions for yourself, and then start looking.
There is no "one-size-fits-all" best brush. It's why we have folks who prefer best or pure badger to silvertip badger, and others who prefer boar to both.
You're in Spain? Support your economy. Get a Vie-Long.
-Andy
-Andy
For example, this pure-badger from Germany is good quality and works well with soaps:
https://www.muehle-shaving.com/shop/basic/rasierpinsel/1/rasierpinsel__reines_dachshaar/79/13/81_H_33
It´s the "standard-badger-hair" here in Germany, but the quality is really good.
https://www.muehle-shaving.com/shop/basic/rasierpinsel/1/rasierpinsel__reines_dachshaar/79/13/81_H_33
It´s the "standard-badger-hair" here in Germany, but the quality is really good.
if you want best, hold out for the B&B Limited edition 2009.
Here is my best brush:
Rooney Finest 2 - luxurious, unique, soaps love it, creams want it
Rooney Heritage 2 - soft, dense and great for creams and soaps
C&E Pure - Cheap, scrubby, easy to lather with (1st brush, still use it)
C&E Super - So so soft and floppy, best to use with warm cream lather and scuttles due to it's size
Butterscotch/Golden Nib - soft with good flow through, always come back to this brush, plus it's butterscotch! butterscotch!
Plisson 8 - Horn Handle, great looker, best for face lathering, unique hairs
So for me, I still haven't settled on one brush yet as there is no best for me as I need variety and enjoy the individual differences of each brush.
Rooney Finest 2 - luxurious, unique, soaps love it, creams want it
Rooney Heritage 2 - soft, dense and great for creams and soaps
C&E Pure - Cheap, scrubby, easy to lather with (1st brush, still use it)
C&E Super - So so soft and floppy, best to use with warm cream lather and scuttles due to it's size
Butterscotch/Golden Nib - soft with good flow through, always come back to this brush, plus it's butterscotch! butterscotch!
Plisson 8 - Horn Handle, great looker, best for face lathering, unique hairs
So for me, I still haven't settled on one brush yet as there is no best for me as I need variety and enjoy the individual differences of each brush.
My top three favorites are:
Simpsons Two-band Chubby 2
Rooney 3-1 in Finest
Shavemac D01 21mm/50mm
But for you, I would recommend a Rooney in Super. Great price, and then you'll have a nice quality brush by which to judge all your future purchases.
Simpsons Two-band Chubby 2
Rooney 3-1 in Finest
Shavemac D01 21mm/50mm
But for you, I would recommend a Rooney in Super. Great price, and then you'll have a nice quality brush by which to judge all your future purchases.
I think that I have owned over 30 brushes in all and keep a rotation of 12. I'm still looking. Many brushes have great qualities but I am reluctant to classify any one of them as the best. An ivory Simpson, a horn 2-band Plisson, a no name boar, a Savile Row 3118, they are all great in their own way.
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