What is your criteria for your brush collection?

[grump]

What is your criteria for your brush collection?

Mine are:

1) I like the way it looks
2) It feels good in my hand
3) I must be going to use it
4) must perform to my liking

 

[sgtd]

Performance then looks for me.

 

[rockviper]

- Must not be a lather hog (I'll take floppy over hoggy any day)
- Must be comfortable to hold
- Must not be too scritchy as I facelather

 

[mistercitizen]

This is my current brush collection:

No.	Use	Brush	Loft	Handle	Knot	Shape
1	Bowl Lathering Creams	Savile Row 3824 Three-band Silvertip Badger	54	51	24	Bulb
2	Bowl Lathering Soft Soaps (Croaps)	Simpson Emperor 3 Two-band Super Badger	52	61	23	Bulb
3	Bowl Lathering Hard Soaps	Semogue SOC w/ Cherry Handle Boar	57	57	24	Fan
4	Face Lathering Creams	Edwin Jagger Chrome Bulbous Three-band Super Badger	53	49	21	Fan
5	Face Lathering Soft Soaps (Croaps)	Rooney Heritage Stubby 1XL Two-band Super Badger	46	40	25	Fan
6	Face Lathering Hard Soaps	Semogue 620 Boar	50	43	21	Fan
7	All Around Badger	Morris & Forndran Two-band "Blonde Badger"	53	49	24	Fan
8	All Around Boar	Semogue 830 Boar	55	44	22	Fan
9	Luxury Brush for Creams	Kent BK8 Three-band Silvertip Badger	57	55	26	Fan
10	Luxury Brush for Soaps	Shavemac D01 Three-band Silvertip Badger	50	51	27	Bulb

The main criteria for my brush collection right now is variety. I want a brush for every occasion right now because I have no set preferences on being strictly a soap user, cream user, face latherer, bowl latherer, etc. Right now I'm trying everything out to decide what I like. Maybe I'll always like the variety.... who knows..... but right now experiencing the different characteristics that all the different kinds of brushes offer is my main criteria for my collection.

Ben

 

[brucered]

Performance & Variety

 

[Mark1966]

Mine are the same as the OP:

1) I like the way it looks
2) It feels good in my hand
3) I must be going to use it
4) Must perform to my liking

At present this seems to also imply vintage, butterscotch and Simpson ...

 

[celestino]

Priorities:
1.Softness and backbone as i face-lather
2. Comfort in hand
The rest are secondary.

 

[takeshi]

What is your criteria for your brush collection?

It's all based on performance. Looks are gravy.

 

[Marco]

1. Loft height around 46/48 mm and always under 50 mm.
2. Dense knot of 22/24 mm packed with Best or Super (Silvertip) 3 band hair.
3. Short and "fat" handle design for improved manoeuvrability.

I face lather shave soaps almost exclusively and the above specs are what I look for in my badgers.

 

[brucered]

I find my sweet spot for knots is about 24/50 and prefer soft, pillowy brushes and seem to prefer 3 band silvertip, as opposed to 2 band.

Bulb or Fan, depending on what I want it for. Bulb is kind of "swiss army" for me, I use them for both. Fans are used for face lathering.

Shorter handles for face lathering, and like Marco, I like the handles a little more robust and thick.

Longer handles for bowl lathering in my scuttle.

 

[Merkur25]

Any brush that is 2-Band or very high quality for a reasonable price.

My most recent brush is the HMW Monarch from WSP. It makes a fine addition in my den.

 

[Mick]

I do not add a brush unless I feel that I have an area that it is not covered by existing brushes that I already own.

I do have some overlap with brushes of the same size, density, and performance but this cannot be helped.

Gees... I gotta take me a new pic. Have several new brushes that are not in that one.... Always something...

 

[mistercitizen]

I do have some overlap with brushes of the same size, density, and performance but this cannot be helped.

I am going to use this line someday..... .

Ben