Un-Stinky Boar Brush

[Sfbagger]

Just received My new Omega 31020 boar brush from West Coast Shaving.
Popped that sucker out of its little plastic tube, soaked it in hot water for a minute or two, and had me a nice, comfortable shave. Even brand new it has relatively soft bristles and lots of backbone.

Rinsed the brush out, dried it on a towel, and gave it a whiff. It smelled faintly of Mama Bear's Spicy Lime, which is not too surprising... no funky boar smell!

Beautiful to look at, the handle fits my hand well, and I'm sure it'll be a great companion piece for my 31064. For $22 plus shipping I couldn't be happier.

Jeff

[kooshman7]

Glad to hear you like it! Just luck of the draw depending on if your brush will stink, whatever it be. They're sneaky that way...

[SSGDPM]

Jeff, you got lucky. My last two Omegas smelled like dead hog. Still no deterrent to how these brushes perform.

[DFrancis]

My Omega was a little funky but after a wash in borax it defunkafied... the one SWMBO got though took a good cleaning and about 5-7 lathers to start to mellow.

[jfrancisco]

Lucky indeed . . . most all of my brushes smelled like a wet dog when initially used. Fortunately it goes away with time.

[Pkrankow]

Lucky you. On the Omega I got before Christmas I did the shampoo/condition routine, then the first shave was dog-odor free, but the next 3 wern't!
Phil