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AimlessWanderer
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When the two Specials (pure and best) are dry, there is a noticeable difference in feel to them. The pure has a stronger hint of scritch, but not like as prickly as the Omega Midget. The best has also splayed out further now, so as well as softer tips, there is marginally less backbone. However, once both are wet and lathered up, those differences are less discernible.
Based on the accounts I have read on here, of other people's experience with these brushes, either mine might not be typical of what others have had, or there is a wide range of hair properties in any given brush, between production batches. I would assume, the latter is more likely.
At this stage, and yes, it's early days, but I would say the scritch and scrub spectrums of these badges are as follows:
Scritch:
Picadilly>Special Pure>Case>Special Best>Wee Scot
Scrub:
Case>Piccadilly>Special Pure>Special Best>Wee Scot
I left out the mixed hair Vulfix Mayfair on purpose, as the boar content obviously sets it apart somewhat.
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that by the time these brushes are all broken in. The differences between them all, may well be less significant than the differences in feel and performance between my synthetic brushes. Yes, the Case will feel different from the Wee Scot, but maybe not to the same extent that my Kent INF1 feels different to my Trafalgar T2.
So my premature prediction (at this stage) is that I'll probably only keep one of the five badgers in play at any time, I'm not sure I'll find them different enough to keep several in play. That's not counting my DS Cosmetic brush, which feels very different due to being a dense 26mm two band knot. Also, I reckon that if I were to get a Berkley or Beaufort, they would fall somewhere within that same spectrum of Case to Wee Scot. That pretty much kills off any interest in expanding this group further. I think they'll feel too much like "more of the same".
I appreciate saying that might ruffle feathers, but once I add in a synth or two to the users, plus the boar/badger Mayfair, and the 26mm DS Cosmetic, any differences between the smaller badgers will be largely drowned out. Probably. Again, premature guess work at play.
Based on the accounts I have read on here, of other people's experience with these brushes, either mine might not be typical of what others have had, or there is a wide range of hair properties in any given brush, between production batches. I would assume, the latter is more likely.
At this stage, and yes, it's early days, but I would say the scritch and scrub spectrums of these badges are as follows:
Scritch:
Picadilly>Special Pure>Case>Special Best>Wee Scot
Scrub:
Case>Piccadilly>Special Pure>Special Best>Wee Scot
I left out the mixed hair Vulfix Mayfair on purpose, as the boar content obviously sets it apart somewhat.
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that by the time these brushes are all broken in. The differences between them all, may well be less significant than the differences in feel and performance between my synthetic brushes. Yes, the Case will feel different from the Wee Scot, but maybe not to the same extent that my Kent INF1 feels different to my Trafalgar T2.
So my premature prediction (at this stage) is that I'll probably only keep one of the five badgers in play at any time, I'm not sure I'll find them different enough to keep several in play. That's not counting my DS Cosmetic brush, which feels very different due to being a dense 26mm two band knot. Also, I reckon that if I were to get a Berkley or Beaufort, they would fall somewhere within that same spectrum of Case to Wee Scot. That pretty much kills off any interest in expanding this group further. I think they'll feel too much like "more of the same".
I appreciate saying that might ruffle feathers, but once I add in a synth or two to the users, plus the boar/badger Mayfair, and the 26mm DS Cosmetic, any differences between the smaller badgers will be largely drowned out. Probably. Again, premature guess work at play.
