Do I need a new brush?

[zib]

I have an Omega pure setola brush, I don't even know what setola is, but I thougth is was a good brush. It has served me well for about a year now.
The only thing is, when i use shave soap, it doesn't seem to hold heat, in other words, the soap is always cold by the time it gets to my face.
If I purchased a better brush, like a silver tip badger, would that help?
Or is there some kind of trick to heating soap for a nice shave?
I can heat up the shave creams, but haven't figured out the soap yet.
Thanks....

[RayH]

Setola means bristle. Which means that you have a pure boar's hair shaving brush. A for keeping the lather hot perhaps you should get a shaving scuttle and use that. There are several vendors to choose from.

[Mr. Todd]

A badger hair brush may better hold heat as well.

[blade08]

A badger hair brush may better hold heat as well.

+1 a badger brush holds (hot) water much better.

[Trius]

Asking "Do I need a new brush?" on this forum ... HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Seriously, I agree that a badger brush holds more water, by extension more heat. There's a limit though, so a scuttle or other method of keeping the lather bowl hot is a good thing.

[zib]

Thank you, I have several scuttles, a nice mug, but the soaps always cold. I thought maybe if I changed brushes. I know that Badger holds water better, so I thought it may stay hotter. Soaps like Tabac or any that comes in it's own container, like some of the triple milled soaps, Vintage Blades is very good. It's those that get cold, They're great soaps, but I'd like them better if they were hot. Thanks Guys....

[zib]

I was looking through the reviews and was surprised to see that Omega got positive reviews. 4+ stars. I was looking at their silver tip badger brushes online. Maybe I'll treat myself and spring for a new one. I have hide stuff when I bring it in the house becuase my girlfriend thinks I have a problem, which I do, RAD, HAD, etc...I have to catch the mailman before he rings my bell, like a covert op. I know this is a loaded question, but what are some of your favorite brushes?

[mdunn]

i love my omega silvertip, but it is a bit of a sheadder - and I dont think this is isolated. its also pretty floopy, so you'll have trouble on really hard soaps (like the c&e ones). for thise reasons I wouldnt really recomend it to someone as a first brush.

are you more of a soap or a cream guy? do you face or bowl lather? do you want a big brush or small?

[bythbook]

I love vintage brushes - Ever-Readys, Made-Rites, Fuller, Stanley, Century.... You'd be surprised how many NOS brushes show up on dbay - sadly (and likely due to my very own SBAD) the prices are skying.

Got in the mail today a pretty little Baton Brand pure badger, NIB - distributed by Sears & Roebuck! (now the question: do I use it, or keep it NIB???? Bet I use it!)


anyway - there are very nice vintage brushes to be had for not a lot of $$$$.


but that Vinnie Bobo guy - whatever - he's really driving up prices!

[zib]

i love my omega silvertip, but it is a bit of a sheadder - and I dont think this is isolated. its also pretty floopy, so you'll have trouble on really hard soaps (like the c&e ones). for thise reasons I wouldnt really recomend it to someone as a first brush.

are you more of a soap or a cream guy? do you face or bowl lather? do you want a big brush or small?

I'm actually more of cream guy, I mix up in a bowl and heat it up in a little potpourri crock pot, love that hot lather! I like a med small brush,not large.

[zib]

I love vintage brushes - Ever-Readys, Made-Rites, Fuller, Stanley, Century.... You'd be surprised how many NOS brushes show up on dbay - sadly (and likely due to my very own SBAD) the prices are skying.

Got in the mail today a pretty little Baton Brand pure badger, NIB - distributed by Sears & Roebuck! (now the question: do I use it, or keep it NIB???? Bet I use it!)


anyway - there are very nice vintage brushes to be had for not a lot of $$$$.


but that Vinnie Bobo guy - whatever - he's really driving up prices!

Thanks, I wouldn't have thought of Ebay. Do you have to sterilize the brushes if their vintage?

[bythbook]

I do - there are a couple of fright-threads here about the dangers of using an unsterilized vintage/used brush (or, by extension, someone else's brush) - a brief dip in a 1/10 Barbicide solution does the trick - you'll find posts here describing sterilizing razors & brushes, &c.

there are plenty of people who will be reading this thread & saying - ICK!!! People who would never use a brush that might have been used by someone else.

Well... we won't tell 'em what the folks in the brush-knotting factory do with 'em before they send 'em to the stores, will we?

[zib]

What's cool about vintage stuff is wondering who might have used it, either a vintage razor, scuttle or brush. You never know!