Morning folks. As some of you know, I have a ridiculous thick heavy beard. This is especially problematic with a daily shave, as it clings to my face like sandpaper. it's like removing all the sand and leaving a totally smooth flawless bit of paper behind. Hard to do.
I ordered a semogue boar a couple of months ago. I ordered the wrong one by mistake and it has a fairly short loft, I think 50MM and a 24MM knot. shorter than the one I meant to get which has a 55 MM loft, same diameter of knot.
What I discovered, is that the shorter loft with more backbone really pushes the lather deep into my beard and it comes off a treat. When I finally got around to ordering the slightly longer lofted brush, it's.. ok, but not as effective.
the shorter one is the Torga and the longer is the owners club by the way.
I feel like most brushes simply paint the lather on to my beard, so the razor shaves off the lather then scrapes away at the beard. When the lather is brushed right in with stiffer brissles, the razor takes both off at the same time.
Anyone else have this experience or am I going mad? well... more mad than usual?
Ed.
I ordered a semogue boar a couple of months ago. I ordered the wrong one by mistake and it has a fairly short loft, I think 50MM and a 24MM knot. shorter than the one I meant to get which has a 55 MM loft, same diameter of knot.
What I discovered, is that the shorter loft with more backbone really pushes the lather deep into my beard and it comes off a treat. When I finally got around to ordering the slightly longer lofted brush, it's.. ok, but not as effective.
the shorter one is the Torga and the longer is the owners club by the way.
I feel like most brushes simply paint the lather on to my beard, so the razor shaves off the lather then scrapes away at the beard. When the lather is brushed right in with stiffer brissles, the razor takes both off at the same time.
Anyone else have this experience or am I going mad? well... more mad than usual?
Ed.