A strange idea, might disgust some, intruige others,

[Aevum]

heres an idea

would you use a brush made with the hair of your significant other,
having a brush made with the wife´s hair ? could be a nice gift,

[Austin]

No

[rabidpotatochip]

I'm both disgusted and intrigued.

I mean, on the one hand it's kind of a strange idea (as you mentioned), but on the other, I've seen the lather my wife's hair gets in the shower.

[indykramer]

Yeah thats kind of disgusting. Sort of like when Billy Bob Thorton and Angelina Jolie wore each others blood around their necks.

[rabidpotatochip]

Yeah thats kind of disgusting. Sort of like when Billy Bob Thorton and Angelina Jolie wore each others blood around their necks.

See, that I find creepy moreso than disgusting. If you have plans to engage in any sort of voodoo I can see the use, but otherwise it's just weird.

[DustBow]

[Lionhearted]

Human hair brushes are cheap. They're commonly used to brush the manes and tails of show horses.

It's a bit strange using the hair of someone you know but not disgusting. I think they might be too floppy to use for shaving but maybe not. I have a big bushy moustache and it feels very much like shave brush bristles. Would it be strange to use your own hair for a brush?

Richard

[DustBow]

Would it be strange to use your own hair for a brush?

Just very ironic - especially facial hair

[bjrn]

I think human hair would be too floppy to actually use as a shaving brush.

[MikeNYC]

heres an idea

would you use a brush made with the hair of your significant other,
having a brush made with the wife´s hair ? could be a nice gift,

This thread just proves that human mind has no limits. People talk about dark corners of our imagination.What corners? It's a absolute abyss.

[Amyn]

heres an idea

would you use a brush made with the hair of your significant other,
having a brush made with the wife´s hair ? could be a nice gift,

Whatchu Talkin’ About, Willis?

[masonjarjar]

If human hair worked as a shave brush, you'd be able to buy one. Same with horse, camel, donkey, moose, dog, etc...

-Mason

[micah1_8]

Believe it or not, I had this very same thought a few weeks back. I was watching the stylist sweep up the veritable ton of hair from SWMBO's clip-job. You have to understand, my wife has hair so thick on her head that if she shave it, she'd lose 10 lbs. Anyway, I found myself wondering if it would make a very good brush. It strikes me as being a little "floppy" as others have mentioned, but, if you made it short bristled and very tightly packed, it might serve pretty well. Besides, that stuff holds water like a mad water holding thing. And soft? You betcha.

Hmmm... now that I think about it, where are those scissors...

[ScottS]

If human hair worked as a shave brush, you'd be able to buy one. Same with horse, camel, donkey, moose, dog, etc...

-Mason

I know that no harm was meant, but I find the issue distasteful. Human hair was, fairly recently in the scheme of things, used for things like felt and insulation, and it didn't go over really well.

[bjrn]

... why bring something like that up?

[ScottS]

It's what immediately pops into my mind when someone speaks of using human hair for anything. Perhaps this is why something that seems so tame elicits the feelings of disgust mentioned by the original poster and throughout this thread. I'm putting a name to the face, so to speak.

[micah1_8]

Talk about a killjoy...

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[Lionhearted]

If human hair worked as a shave brush, you'd be able to buy one. Same with horse, camel, donkey, moose, dog, etc...

I have two horse hair shaving brushes and I almost bought a wolverine shaving brush. The U.S. Army issued millions of horse hair shaving brushes during World War One but quit after anthrax spores were found in some. I've spoken to people who have shaving brushes made of deer, weasel, otter and rabbit. I've seen beaver and camel shaving brushes advertised but I don't think they were authentic. I understand there's a Russian shaving brush made of Siberian weasel that's supposedly better than badger but one costs thousands of dollars.

When my kids were little and had ponies we used human hair brushes to groom them... the ponies, not the kids. Human hair horse grooming brushes are commonly sold in upper tier tack shops. Human hair brushes are sold in China and Japan as paint brushes.

Richard

[michaelskar]

I wouldn't want one

[Belegnole]

I would be interested in if a human hair shaving brush would work. In fact I'm interested in all types of hair, natural or synthetic for a shaving brush. Follow me here....just say that what is traditional is not particularly the best thing to use. Say there is something out there that is more hygienic. Possibly a "hair" that holds moisture in a better way for us or something incredibly stiff while being impossibly soft. While I understand the revulsion of some due to events of the past or other personal feelings. I think that a supply of "hair" that doesn't have to kill an animal for us to have a brush might be nice. Don't get me wrong it's not that I don't have a badger hair brush. I just would prefer that something didn't have to die for me to get it. I also believe the whole story about the Chinese Badgers about as much as I believe my daughter's first answer when I ask her if she's done her homework. I have had too many examples of Chinese business practices and ethics over the last 30 some purchasing years to totally buy into it. So if a better "hair" was available I would be interested in hearing about it..Bel