Hi there, i will present to you now a pretty easy way to soften your regular 8-10Bucks Badger so that it (in my Case) even
surpassed a Silvertip-Badger that costs 14x times as much.
You basically just need a Dremel or an equivalent Multitool, and a few minutes (depending on how rough the Badger-Hairs are between 10-20Minutes).
DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK, IAM IN NO WAY RESPONSABLE TO DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR BADGER YOUR DREMEL YOUR ENVIRONMENT OR ANYONE AROUND YOU, YOURSELF INCLUDED.
But here goes the Video-Tutorial: http://bit.do/vidtutorial
Its just a quick demonstration, and the time you need may vary.
Just use it on the Tips of the Badger and NOT inside of the Badger-Brush as shown.
Use the Dremel in the same motion as shown in the Video.
As always safety first: "Wear some protective Glasses, and a filter-Mask if needed and do it preferably in a well-aerated room"
And here is a close-up shot after the procedure is done: http://bit.do/largecloseup
Just look at the almost invisibly thin-hairs :O
(WARNING: The Image your about to load is about 6-8MB large, in Case you're on a mobile-phone)
I dont have that many silver-tip-badger Brushes but the one i "enhanced" for a friend complaining about the prickling of his badger-brush came out extraordinary good, which is actually the one shown in the Videotutorial.
And compared to my "Muehle 21MM Silvertip-Badger" its easily on-par if not softer than it.
I also compared it with multiple "Erbe Silberspitz-Brushes" ranging from 69-145€ and NONE came to the softness of the
enhanced Badger.
One thing i have to say nonetheless:
As you just soften up the Tips of the regular-Badger you will still have more back-bone than it would be the case with a "real" Silvertip-Badger, as just the tips of the "enhanced-Badger" are on-par or thinner than a silver-tip-brush.
This can be a pro or a con depending on your point of view.
Hope this helps some beginners that are just getting into Wet-Shaving to have atleast some drastically improved feeling with their regular drug-store Badger.
So that they won't have to spend quite a lot for some quality-silvertip badger right at the beginning.
As of today, i've done this procedure to 4x different Cheapo-Badger-Brushes and they all came out extraordinary well so far.
Excuse my typo's or gramatically mistakes, iam not a native english-speaker!
Cheers.
surpassed a Silvertip-Badger that costs 14x times as much.
You basically just need a Dremel or an equivalent Multitool, and a few minutes (depending on how rough the Badger-Hairs are between 10-20Minutes).
DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK, IAM IN NO WAY RESPONSABLE TO DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR BADGER YOUR DREMEL YOUR ENVIRONMENT OR ANYONE AROUND YOU, YOURSELF INCLUDED.
But here goes the Video-Tutorial: http://bit.do/vidtutorial
Its just a quick demonstration, and the time you need may vary.
Just use it on the Tips of the Badger and NOT inside of the Badger-Brush as shown.
Use the Dremel in the same motion as shown in the Video.
As always safety first: "Wear some protective Glasses, and a filter-Mask if needed and do it preferably in a well-aerated room"
And here is a close-up shot after the procedure is done: http://bit.do/largecloseup
Just look at the almost invisibly thin-hairs :O
(WARNING: The Image your about to load is about 6-8MB large, in Case you're on a mobile-phone)
I dont have that many silver-tip-badger Brushes but the one i "enhanced" for a friend complaining about the prickling of his badger-brush came out extraordinary good, which is actually the one shown in the Videotutorial.
And compared to my "Muehle 21MM Silvertip-Badger" its easily on-par if not softer than it.
I also compared it with multiple "Erbe Silberspitz-Brushes" ranging from 69-145€ and NONE came to the softness of the
enhanced Badger.
One thing i have to say nonetheless:
As you just soften up the Tips of the regular-Badger you will still have more back-bone than it would be the case with a "real" Silvertip-Badger, as just the tips of the "enhanced-Badger" are on-par or thinner than a silver-tip-brush.
This can be a pro or a con depending on your point of view.
Hope this helps some beginners that are just getting into Wet-Shaving to have atleast some drastically improved feeling with their regular drug-store Badger.
So that they won't have to spend quite a lot for some quality-silvertip badger right at the beginning.
As of today, i've done this procedure to 4x different Cheapo-Badger-Brushes and they all came out extraordinary well so far.
Excuse my typo's or gramatically mistakes, iam not a native english-speaker!
Cheers.
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