What do you consider a floppy brush ?

[Texas]

Name the brush/brushes you consider floppy. That is, brushes that are soft, no scritch, no or little backbone.

Do you still own these brushes ? Use them ? Like them ?

 

[shave~extacy]

I consider my Duke 2 slightly floppy , love this brush for soft soaps and I consider this brush soft, slightly scritchy with a mild backbone.

 

[demaro]

My Vulfix 374 is pretty floppy . I love it, it works well on any soap , including triple milled dr harris ot tobs soaps..

 

[infotech]

The Kent Bk4. I still own and use it a few times a year just because I have it. It makes a nice lather, but crushes to the handle with the slightest amount of pressure.

 

[jpakstis]

I had a Vulfix 2236. Might as well have been trying to lather with a toupee. A nice brush for bowl lathering, but way too floppy for face-lathering and a disaster with hard soaps.

 

[novice]

I also have a Kent BK4 and I have a kitchen mop that has more backbone. I probably should put it on B/S/T, at least a year and 1/2 since I last used it, my least favorite brush.

 

[Antique Hoosier]

BK4 from Kent as well for me... I owned it on 4 separate occasions however... lol ( I briefly considered contacting the above poster / member "novice" to inquire as to what he would take for his BK4.... I'm very ill.

 

[Cochese2323]

I had a Vulfix 2234 that I thought was too floppy. No backbone, made it very difficult to lather hard soaps. Wish I still had it so I could just put another knot in it because the handle was probably the most comfortable to hold of any brush I have tried.

 

[Loric]

Name the brush/brushes you consider floppy. That is, brushes that are soft, no scritch, no or little backbone.

IMO moppy only refers to a complete lack of backbone and a loft high enough that the hairs flop around. Soft and scritch are qualities found at the tips of the hair, that are not directly related to flop. An old school super cheap nylon brush or a black badger at too high a loft can be very floppy, AND have gobs of skrtch and or no softness.

Do you still own these brushes ? Use them ? Like them ?

I dont own any brushes that are floppy, I wont use them for more than a test lather, and no I dont like them. However, I do have several knots/kabukis that are floppy. I just tune them so that the loft is short, and that takes care of most of the problem. TGN Super Silvertip at stock loft = floppy, at a short loft = scrubby.

 

[Foyle]

My Vulfix 2233S is floppy but it makes mince meat out of Mitchell's. http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/305663-Brush-Chronicle-13-Vulfix/page2

 

[ricardo9505]

my brothers cheap chinese silvertip knock off bought in Shanghai. not dense, loses hairs still, light. (he was a real noob at the time, i.e green)
my omega brush and many I have seen many of the low end ones- good build but not dense. lofts too big usually when they're floppy butt that's an opinion. I face lather so big lofts I dislike, over 52mm (lik3 21mm knot, add one on each for every increase or decrease)
vulfix brushes,
but floppy can be good. even when face lathering and my omega is rather great with creams or soaps. u get used to it.
I also grabbed a vintage boar American brush handle that I'm dropping a dense TGN knot into. I was going silvertip but the good men here convinced me to go with a denser pure or finest

 

[johnh]

I have an EJ Silvertip which I find is very floppy. Still use it from time to time.

 

[TonyJ]

Kent BK4 here too. I still have it and use it sometimes because it has one of the best handles what I have used. That narrow part of the handle is so great.

 

[Danricgro]

I have a no name Silvertip I bought off of EBay that is really floppy. I still use it on occasion with soft creams. Nice and soft, feels great on my face.

 

[sparco]

I consider my Muhle Silvertip Badger brush (size 2/medium) 22 mm. knot floppy (Nervous). It has no backbone whatsoever, the lather it creates is fantastic, but to me it is too soft and floppy. It is like applying the lather with cooked spaghetti.
So I took the leap and ordered a Simpsons Commodore X3 in Best Badger. This one, on the other hand is perfect, enough backbone together with the combination of soft tips and scritchiness is fantastic! Now I have set my mind on a Chubbi Size 2 in Super. (I just cant see myself justify the stiff price at the moment)

-Marius

 

[oakeshott]

Near universal agreement on the Kent BK4 floppiness, but it will lather up with soap just fine. I enjoy soft brushes and the Kent takes this to an extreme by combining soft tips with less density. Not to everyone's taste, but I don't think I'd ever not have one of the Kent BK's.

 

[Leon]

The Semogue 2000 has a 60+mm knot and it's definitely floppy. However, that doesn't mean necessarily that's a bad thing. I find it perfect for bowl lathering.

As long as it's densely filled, a floppy knot will work just as good as any other kind of knot, IMHO.

 

[StuMcB]

The semogue 610. Such a disapointment for me after using the 620. Just too soft and floppy for me, BST's ages ago now.

 

[vocalistbob]

Love 'em or hate 'em, there's nothing like a Kent. I had a BK8 and a BLK12 and they were the floppiest brushes in my collection. I loved the look and the softness, but by the third pass, the knots on both would collapse completely so that all I could do was "paint" the lather onto my face with straight strokes.

 

[edgerunner]

I don't mind floppy brushes as long as they are under control, and have good water retention and lather release.
Kent BK8 and Vulfix 2234 - like brothers from two super fathers! These are very efficient in producing great lather, and feel great on the face.