Interesting read...

thirdeye said:

I wonder if there's a way to tell which of the hair groups our own brushes where made of?

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copperhead said:

+1. Also if the info in the page is correct then i wish more brush makers would use this method to obtain the hair from badger than the one shown in the disturbing video, badger being skinned alive in China, that was linked to recently.

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"How many badgers had to die to make this shaving brush"? Believe it or not, a young man actually thought we killed badgers to get these bristles for our shaving brushes. Nothing could be further from the truth. The manufacturer of these superior quality brushes maintains a flock of badgers that are more pampered and coddled than any badger in the wild, or any domestic animal for that matter.



Three times in the Spring and Summer, these badgers are sheared like sheep. Our Summer-coat Badger Brush is created from these shearings. However, when the last Summer shearing takes place in late August, something miraculous happens to the bodies of the badger. As the badgers are let out into their spacious pens after the August shearing, their bodies go into overdrive because their natural instincts know that harsh Winter is on its way soon, and the badger body is now shaved. Within days, a new coat begins to emerge, and it is much more luxurious, much thicker than the Summer Coat just sheared. This coat is called Winter Coat Badger, and holds twice the water and heat of Summer Coat Badger. This Winter Coat Badger is the finest natural material in the world for holding water and heat, and would never have been possible in the wild where the animals are never sheared. Once the badgers go through the Winter Season with this fine luxurious coat, they are sheared again in the early Spring, just before this coat would become too warm for them. This is when we get the Winter Coat bristles.

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