Brush Bloom......

Is there any way to tell how much a brush will bloom? I just bought this Colonel X2L, and although I like some bloom, I was kind of hoping this one bloomed a little less.. it seems to me that most of the photos I see of Colonels, they look to not be so bloomy, which is why I chose this one..All the Simpsons that I've bought so far, 2 Berkeleys and this Colonel all in Best Badger, have all bloomed about the same, yet, again most photos I see, show substantially less bloom than what I end up withView attachment 233262

This was my first Berkeley. Nearly the same bloom as my Colonel..

Not so sure just what you're looking for, but that bloom looks fine to me.

You might want to try a smaller mm brush.

Yup there is definitely something wrong. Send em to me and I will suffer for you

prof. Moriarty said:

yup there is definitely something wrong. Send em to me and i will suffer for you

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lol

Prof. Moriarty said:

Yup there is definitely something wrong. Send em to me and I will suffer for you

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No , do get me wrong. I think they look beautiful. I just know there are less bloomy ones..

I understand what you mean by wanting less bloom. I think aesthetically it looks better with less bloom, and I prefer the compact face feel. I don't think there is really any way to minimize the bloom. Most two band stuff doesn't bloom as much if that is your number one objective in a brush.

Try some of its German counterparts. My thater and shavemacs have noticeably less bloom than Simpson's best.

Does density translate into more bloom?

I think it depends on your lathering style too. If you press the brush into your face and swirl vs painting motions etc. I mainly face lather with painting strokes and rarely get the blooms in my brushes I see posted. YMMV

Brent said:

Does density translate into more bloom?

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I don't think so. Vulfix brushes seem to bloom a lot and they're not as dense as Simpson brushes.

I'm still pretty new, and so far I've only tried these bloomy ones. So if figured id try to check out something different, and again , got the Bloom..for all I know, I prefer the bloom....Bloom Bloom Bloom

If you don't like bloom, stick with 2-band silvertip/super. 2-band doesn't bloom nearly as much as 3-band silvertip or any midgrade hair.

I want to talk about bloom.

Heres some La Toja shave stick, bowl latheres with my Bloomed out Colonel..

dundak said:

I think it depends on your lathering style too. If you press the brush into your face and swirl vs painting motions etc. I mainly face lather with painting strokes and rarely get the blooms in my brushes I see posted. YMMV

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^+1 Even my BK8 and Vulfix 2234 haven't bloomed that much.

I think it depends on your lathering style too. If you press the brush into your face and swirl vs painting motions etc. I mainly face lather with painting strokes and rarely get the blooms in my brushes I see posted. YMMV

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edgerunner said:

^+1 Even my BK8 and Vulfix 2234 haven't bloomed that much.

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I don't really press the brush into my face. Also, how do you whip up a lather using painting motions? whether bowl or face lathering, I don't think I've ever seen it.

Prof. Moriarty said:

Yup there is definitely something wrong. Send em to me and I will suffer for you

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If your loft/knot ratio is near or greater than 2 & it is not a very dense brush you're more likely to get a larger bloom. With a ratio of between 2.3 and 2.4 the X2L could easily be expected to have significant bloom.