What is the softest brush?

[Ratpoison10]

RazoRock Plissoft Disruptor synthetic softest one I own.

 

[JoWolf]

Hi everyone.

I would appreciate your tips for the softest brush ever. Also I have a few questions.

I own a Razorock Plissoft, a cheap NOM pure badger and Omega for Proraso boar. That is the order from softest to "scritchiest" for me.

I like to face lather since I find it so easy to get the most hydrated, shiny, slick lather. In the bowl, the lather doesn't absorb the water and becomes bubbly and thin.

Unfortunately I had to switch to palm lathering since I get "brush burn" if I face lather too long, even with the heavenly soft plissoft. My face is irritated before picking up the razor. This is the case even with "sensitive" labeled soaps, so it's not ingridiences in the soap that my face is reacting to. I would like to be able to splay the brush on my face and massage the lather in the beard, without irritation.
So I wonder...

Is there a softer loft than RazoRock's plissoft?
Does a broken in boar like my omega or, for example a Semogue 830 get anywhere near synthetic level softness?
Is Mühle STF softer than a then RazoRock's plissoft?

I Don't care about backbone at all. I can load hard soaps no problem and create great lather easily with a floppy brush. My only goal is to find the softest tips in order to get the pleasure from working them on my face without getting irritated.

A good quality silver-tip Badger using a medium to high end priced shave cream is as soft as it can get.

A horse hair in the middle, boars on right side, Badgers on left. The front left silver tip has very fine, very soft hair. Even with a shorter loft there is no scrub. Just soft pillow lather.

 

[dmshaver]

A good quality silver-tip Badger using a medium to high end priced shave cream is as soft as it can get.

A horse hair in the middle, boars on right side, Badgers on left. The front left silver tip has very fine, very soft hair. Even with a shorter loft there is no scrub. Just soft pillow lather.


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And what kind is that badger brush you speak of?

 

[JoWolf]

And what kind is that badger brush you speak of?

This is the description they gave me David. OUMOBRUSH-SHD SILK HMW slivertip knot gel tip is the description I got from Ali express. It definitely isn’t a gel tip. It is the softest brush of the group. Except for the zenith horse and Zenith boar; the knots and handles were purchased from Ali and I set them all. This is the link GC.68OC, GOLD GRANDE, YAQI CHROME MELLON - A JOURNEY - https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/gc-68oc-gold-grande-yaqi-chrome-mellon-a-journey.585819/post-10669731

After I had set the silver tip knot part of the wood on the acrylic combo handle broke off. Another adventure in my early going.

I do not think Chinese descriptions on many of their products are accurate.

I’m now happily using a B35 Zenith boar in my fixed four. I love it.

 

[dmshaver]

This is the description they gave me David. OUMOBRUSH-SHD SILK HMW slivertip knot gel tip is the description I got from Ali express. It definitely isn’t a gel tip. It is the softest brush of the group. Except for the zenith horse and Zenith boar; the knots and handles were purchased from Ali and I set them all. This is the link GC.68OC, GOLD GRANDE, YAQI CHROME MELLON - A JOURNEY - https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/gc-68oc-gold-grande-yaqi-chrome-mellon-a-journey.585819/post-10669731

After I had set the silver tip knot part of the wood on the acrylic combo handle broke off. Another adventure in my early going.

I do not think Chinese descriptions on many of their products are accurate.

I’m now happily using a B35 Zenith boar in my fixed four. I love it.

Thank you, it’s a lovely looking full, dense knot. There are quite a few glowing reviews of the Oumo knot. Congratulations!