corey - rather enjoying your reviews! The Muehle 23mm STF is my favorite brush, and I look forward to your continued impressions of the 21mm. Nice job!
Corey, it sounds like you like the brush, good I am glad.
I think you mentioned somewhere about a little too much splay, and that you soak the brush while you shower? If you want a little more backbone try not soaking it while you shower. I have always soaked my badgers while I shower, but since the Muhle is essentially made of plastic, it doesn't behave or act like natural hair (we all know this but I think what I am trying to say is that it doen't benefit from an extended soak because it doesnt really need to "season" like a natural hair brush). What I have found works for me is to only soak it for maybe ten seconds as I am opening my soap and splashing my face one more time before the shave.
I don't know, just something to try, you might like it better. (Before I tried synthetics, the idea of soaking anything for less than ten minutes was blasphemy.) ((After synthetics, I find that I also prefer my boar brushes with only a 5 to 10 second soak... " the things we learn about ourselves."))
For the most part, I simply run my synths under water just long enough to wet them (and heat them if I'm using hot water). Then I still give them a squeeze or three good pumps to remove excess water.¢orey;4225150 said:I'll try less soaking. My general routine is to soak while I shower and I shave more or less immediately thereafter. So the soak time is 10-15 minutes.
Was going to post today that the splay bothers me a bit. It's about the only thing I dislike about the brush. Today it attacked a glycerine soap (TSD Violet -- think it will be PIF'd soon because I like the Aqua Vela scent better) and I got a nice thick lather with zero effort. A final point -- the brush feels very natural in my hand. It seems a bit heavier than most brushes, but in a nice way.