APShaveCo, Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements, West Coast Shaving, Razorock, Maggard, Stirling, Yaqi, not to mention all of the great custom makers.
Who makes your favorite synthetic shaving brush?
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Believe it Mike lol. Really lol. I've been using it and my APShaveco SynBad this week. They are my two favorite brush. I have a boat load of everything, but those two brushes are all I need...and my Fatip Lo Storto...
I believe it. I've also had days like that lol.
Yaqi, so other.
EclipseRedRing
I smell like a Christmas pudding
Simpson are the only synthetics I have kept in my rotation. The Chubby 2 and the Colonel are superb.
Owen Bawn
Garden party cupcake scented
Simpson M7
Simpson Duke 3
Simpson Chubby 2 bulb
Simpson Chubby 2 hybrid fan/bulb
Then I also have some lovely Cashmeres from WildWest Brush Works (not pictured).
Simpson Duke 3
Simpson Chubby 2 bulb
Simpson Chubby 2 hybrid fan/bulb
Then I also have some lovely Cashmeres from WildWest Brush Works (not pictured).
Lol, we are blessed more than we deserve. But it is in our nature to want more blessings!
Not a fan of synthetics, they are either super floppy or stiff as a board, no happy medium. just makes lathering tedious imo. I will only ever use a synthetic when I'm travelling, because I don't want to risk it with a badger, for that I have a synthetic simpson brush. Never gives me an enjoyable experience, but it's "good enough"
Indeed we are my friend. Every day is a good day but He could turn the heat down a bit lol.
M
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My brush is a Yaqi 30mm and it´s the best brush I´ve had.
The brands I´ve always seriously considered are Yaqi, Razorock, PAA.
Never owned an Epsilon but they caught my eye. Has anyone a good experience with them?
The brands I´ve always seriously considered are Yaqi, Razorock, PAA.
Never owned an Epsilon but they caught my eye. Has anyone a good experience with them?
Ron R
I survived a lathey foreman
Others for me, mostly Yaki and Razorock plissofts. Only a few cheap Chinese off brand synthetics(good for travel?)bought some cheapo's to try after my breaking in period of my funk smelling boar brush I bought at shoppers that turned me to synthetics.
Have some great shaves!
Have some great shaves!
I've only tried one synthetic that was rubbish. A Progress Vulfix 660 synthetic. Pretty sure it was just fishing line in a cheap handle. I threw it in the bin.
Simpson Chubby 2 Synthetic is definitely my favorite.
Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
Anyone else see the humor int he "brush of the gods" having zero votes as of this time given all the love they got previously. I have a Plisson and rate it above any Muhle I've ever owned, but it's not my best synthetic.
If I'm not mistaken though, doesn't RazoRock use some of the same knots a Plisson? or is Plissoft a knockoff of that knot?
I'm still firmly in the camp that were 5+ years away from the synth that I'm going to like as well as a natural.
If I'm not mistaken though, doesn't RazoRock use some of the same knots a Plisson? or is Plissoft a knockoff of that knot?
I'm still firmly in the camp that were 5+ years away from the synth that I'm going to like as well as a natural.
My only synthetic is a Yaqi.
The top one is a Muhle brush followed by one with the Muhle knot made by Rudy Very.
After that is a Graydog boar syn, and a shave syn.
After that is a Graydog boar syn, and a shave syn.
I have 4 Yaqi's and 2 other Chinese synthetics - possibly the FS brush. The L'Occitane and RR Plissoft. I have 2 black fibre brushes from German drugstores. The RR Plissoft which is probably a Yaqi, is my number 2.
Ron R
I survived a lathey foreman
Razorock is a knock off Plisson and came out with Plissoft before any other vendors really had anything close. Plisson makes a good synthetic now because Razorock had a excellent product(possibly better) and they had to regain their market back just like Simpson synthetics had to come out with a good version to compete with every one else.
I like Plissoft but Yaqi lately has some stellar brush products at a reasonable price and excellent lathering tools IMO.
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Maggard, voted "Other". knot is probably a Yaqi though, who knows.
Simpson or Yaqi for me. Probably Muhle and Edwin Jagger should have been offered as one choice, since I'm pretty sure the fibres of their most highly regarded synth brushes, and probaly the knots themselves, are the same.
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