Tweezerman Shaving Brush

[Jwb056]

Hi all, I am currently using a Tweezerman shaving brush and I love it. The price was excellent and I had nothing to lose buying it for the money. The first brush I had was a burma it was ok, but I like the stronger hair on the Tweezerman. I was thinking about getting another brush I'm wondering about where to go next? The price ranges on brushes are all over the place. If I move up from the Tweezerman will I really tell the difference with other badger brushes?

 

[celestino]

Very hard question to answer. How much do you want to spend, what size, loft, knot?
Semogue boars are great; Rooney Heritage Stubbies are super soft; Simpsons bests are very nice affordable ones. The choices are endless.
Good luck.

 

[Foyle]

Yes, you'll be able to tell the difference. The Tweezerman will be very scratchy feeling by comparison to a brush made with Best or Silver Tip grade hairs. There's no reason to upgrade unless you're dissatisfied with your current brush for some reason, or you're just curious and want to experiment.

To help you decide it would be good to know what qualities you think you might like.

How large a knot do you want?

Do you want a brush with soft tips, or scrubby, or lots of scritch?

Do you bowl or face lather?

Do you want a brush with lots of backbone or do you want a brush that's more floppy?

 

[Jwb056]

Yes, you'll be able to tell the difference. The Tweezerman will be very scratchy feeling by comparison to a brush made with Best or Silver Tip grade hairs. There's no reason to upgrade unless you're dissatisfied with your current brush for some reason, or you're just curious and want to experiment.

To help you decide it would be good to know what qualities you think you might like.

How large a knot do you want?

Do you want a brush with soft tips, or scrubby, or lots of scritch?

Do you bowl or face lather?

Do you want a brush with lots of backbone or do you want a brush that's more floppy?

I actually don't know if I really need to upgrade I like the tweezerman. I am intrigued by the different types of Badgers. I do lather in a bowl and I like the scratchiness of the tweezerman and probably would lean more towards a stiffer brush because I have a thicker beard.

 

[Arved]

The first brush I had was a burma it was ok, but I like the stronger hair on the Tweezerman.

I had to chuckle when I read this. Burma-Shave made it's name from being a brushless shaving cream. The current owner of the trademark, the American Razor Company is capitalizing on the brand name.

Shave the modern way / No brush / No lather / No rub-in / Big tube 35 cents - Drug stores / Burma-Shave (1927)
Your shaving brush / Has had its day / So why not / Shave the modern way / With / Burma-Shave (1929)
Shaving brushes / You'll soon see 'em / On the shelf / In some / Museum / Burma-Shave (1930)

Has anyone suggested a Whipped Dog? +1 on that recommendation. If you think Silvertip might be a little too soft (in my experience, softer, but not as floppy as the Tweezerman), you might want to try Black Pure Badger for the knot.

 

[leonidas]

...........go with a Whipped dog or a wetshavingproduct.com brush........ good brushes for the money...

 

[Nate-L]

I notice that higher priced brushes have a lot more hair. The difference in silvertip hair is that it will feel a lot smoother on your face. Tweezerman does feel a little scratchy. From my own experience, you can lather up well with most brushes. The main differences are mainly in how smooth or rough the brush will feel.

 

[GDCarrington]

Read a little while on brushes and use the Tweezerman for a while. Find out what you like and don't like about it and compare that to what others are using.

Good fortune.

 

[kosby]

I like the Tweezerman brush, particularly the scratch effect it gives and for the price, it's a bargain.

 

[LMTMRP]

Whipped dog Silvertip

 

[Go West Young Man]

A more expensive brush will get you a handle that doesn't disintegrate after a year or so and a knot that won't fall out after a few months use.

 

[Jwb056]

Thanks for all the advice guys I'll probably just look around more and see what the whipped dog is and use the Tweezerman until I find something!

 

[eroticity]

I honestly really enjoyed my tweezerman for a while before i decided to step it up and get a kent and a simpson. For the price you can't beat it though.

 

[Arved]

A more expensive brush will get you a handle that doesn't disintegrate after a year or so and a knot that won't fall out after a few months use.

I thought it was just me!

I posted a message in the brush restoration forum, and the advice was to glue the knot back in with a small amount of epoxy. 5 minute epoxy, specifically, was suggested, so I got some J.B. Qwik at Home Despot. Works like a champ, but I like my Whipped Dog Silvertip better. The Tweezerman is a huge step up from the VDH "kit" brush, but the Whipped Dog is the next level up.

Larry himself uses a Black Pure Badger instead of a Silvertip, and there are a lot of other people here who prefer the Black Pure Badger over the Silvertip. IF I was going to try another brush, it would be a Whipped Dog Black Pure Badger just so I could compare, but I could shave the rest of my life with this Silvertip.

Some had suggested I "restore" the Tweezerman with a new knot, such as the knots Whipped Dog sells, and he'd have been one of my top choices in knot suppliers. However, I'd already epoxied in the knot in the Tweezerman, and Larry's prices on handles - even the pottery handles - is hard to beat.