my boar brush just keeps getting better with every shave. it has split ends all over and soft as cotton! anyone else have this happen with their boar brush?
wild boar brushes rock!
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Nice! you are the proud owner of a broken in boar bristle brush. The bristles come from domesticated pigs, not wild boar.
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not wild boar?
Like all good things in life boar brushes do need a little time to reach their full potential.
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I've been using it for more than a year now. I love the transformation. I guess it's true that William's does break untamed boar brushes.
I've been using it for more than a year now. I love the transformation. I guess it's true that William's does break untamed boar brushes.
I have collected about a dozen brushes, including two expensive silvertips. Whilst I have been wet-shaving for many years, I was quite new at SBAD!
Anyhow - bottom line - I really think that a decent boar is better than badger. Why? Well, it must be an individual thing, but with a tough, sparse beard, I simply find that my Omega or Semogue boars do a better job at softening and lifting the hair.
I am not quite at selling my badgers. They do look pretty! Maybe I can donate them to family members? But apart from finally keeping one for "old times sake" I think I have been...
Converted.
Shudder, shudder...
I've been using it for more than a year now. I love the transformation. I guess it's true that William's does break untamed boar brushes.
My experiences are that while a boar is broken in enough in 15-30 shaves to produce good lather, the softening of the tips goes on for a much longer period. My oldest boar is about 10 years old (5 of which in daily use) and feels indeed like cotton fluff with backbone.
Almost too soft to be comfortable!
Try and say "broken in boar bristle brush" really fast
Anyway, wild boar hair would be too stiff and thick to make a useful brush, IMHO. At least, an untreated wild boar hair.
Yeah, I had that experience. I tried a couple of different badgers to see what the hype was all about and kept going back to my boar. Some folks are put off by boar brushes because of their initial stiffness and smell. However, in my opinion, nothing beats a broken in boar brush.
I just spent about 190 on two new brushes from Shavemac (a 24mm D01 and a 23mm finest) and they are just standing there being pretty while I take my cheap Omega boar to lather. 
Boar brushes do rock. I find that a nicely broken-in boar is so much more versatile than a badger brush, particularly being able to handle the harder triple-mill soaps, the softer Italian soaps, and the myriad of creams. Not that a badger brush can't, mind you...just that I've often found badger to be a little too "soft"...
Cheers,
Jimmy
Cheers,
Jimmy
I kinda like the boar brushes better also for now. I haven't tried a silver tip yet though. I wish they made a beaver brush.
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goodness my boar brush is blooming!
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