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Got a VDH starter kit. Nice bowl. So glad I have a badger brush already.
The brush really isn't that bad. It will shed a few hairs at first, but is certainly serviceable.
That said, you can buy a much better quality boar brush (The Omega #48) for a mere $9.00 from West Coast Shaving.
That said, you can buy a much better quality boar brush (The Omega #48) for a mere $9.00 from West Coast Shaving.
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Heck I only give $10 for my VDH starter kit, the soap and bowl is worth that. Even at that I am getting BBS shaves with that brush. Though I am going to turn my own handle soon, as I would like something longer. I will get one of those nibs everyone talks about and call it good. I also talked a friend who is a potter into throwing me a nice shaving bowl. Though I still use the VDH bowl from time to time as it is handy.
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Yeah, I like my badger brushes.
But deep down inside, I know that those guys whipping up lather and spreading it on their cheeks of iron with those barbed wire pig brushes are much more manly than I am.
"Silvertip". Sounds like Tinkerbell's sissy cousin.
"Natural Bristle". It's what Bronson did right before he squeezed the trigger.
Don't even get me started on "loft" and "floppy".
But deep down inside, I know that those guys whipping up lather and spreading it on their cheeks of iron with those barbed wire pig brushes are much more manly than I am.
"Silvertip". Sounds like Tinkerbell's sissy cousin.
"Natural Bristle". It's what Bronson did right before he squeezed the trigger.
Don't even get me started on "loft" and "floppy".
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A few? Mine never stopped. It was like it was alive or something. You're right, though, it's a serviceable brush, but only if you're just starting out and don't know any better.
Personally I quite love the feel of the VDH boar on my skin. Not too coarse. And since I use a lot of hard soaps, I wouldn't want to go much softer. The one thing that bothers me about it is that tiny little handle. I don't want it to be too long (insert joke here), but does anyone else find it painfully unergonomic?
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I like the van der Hagen brush. Not bad for the $7 I paid. I prefer my Semogue 1305, but the vdh is totally useable.
with a cheap brush, I think that manufacturing consistency is probably much different than for a Simpson or Kent, etc..
I guess I hit the jackpot on mine.. sure it lost a few hairs at first, but after a few weeks, I've had no problems.
and after a year now, it's softened up really nice.
I take care of it, I rinse it out good and make sure it's sitting up on the shelf.
it's been really good to me.
I can buy the VDH brush locally for $4.50 which is probably all it's worth, but it has its place. For me, it and a puck of VDH soap allowed me to get started shaving as soon as I found a razor. Mine only lasted about 6 months, at which point a chunk fell out of the center, but I got my money worth. And now my toddler plays with it and pretends to brush his face, so it's still got some use. I wouldn't buy another VDH brush, but I don't generally despise it either. I wouldn't order one online, but if you had no brush, and could buy it locally, then it's surely better than nothing.
The Omega boar is, of course, far superior.
The Omega boar is, of course, far superior.
I have to admit, I'm kind of impressed with my VDH brush, too. I picked it up for a trip, and it works fine. I don't use it much at all, but when I do, it sure gets the job done. I'm far less hesitant to recommend it now as a "do you like this way of shaving at all?" starter brush.
I've tried a few VDH brushes and they all sucked. I thought it was just my first one, but they all shed like a dog in the summer.
I agree I used 2 in the course of a year, after 6 or so months they just turned into tumbleweeds on me.
I used my VDH boar tonight, with VDH deluxe and I got great lather. I felt damn manly, too. So it shed a couple hairs...real men relish the opportunity to pick animal hair off their faces.
Superb three pass shave with a Red Tip and Shark. Splashed on a tumbler full of Lilac Vegetal.
I gotta do this more often. I feel like a Tom Waits song.
Superb three pass shave with a Red Tip and Shark. Splashed on a tumbler full of Lilac Vegetal.
I gotta do this more often. I feel like a Tom Waits song.
Hey, don't knock the boar brushes! There are plenty of us boar-whores out there that don't need no stinking badger!
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx6TBrfCW54[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx6TBrfCW54[/YOUTUBE]
Anyone else have problems getting the soap OFF their VDH boar brush? I seem to have a good lather, but most of the soap seems to stay on the brush and not make it to my face. Is this just something to do with this brush?
What? Are you talking to me? I just knocking the VDH boar, not all boar brushes. Hell, most of my brushes are boars.
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