Don't know, but I've done is several times and I haven't seen a problem with my brushes.
buying used brushes
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One can only be thankful that badgers typically don't come into contact with the upholstery of taxi cabs or airport toilet seats, sleep in hotel beds, drink from restaurant water glasses without using straws, or sit in communal hot tubs.
How True! lol
No, no, no.... 
You DO NOT want to buy any used brushes..... EVER 
You should leave them alone (for others to get)
You DO NOT want to buy any used brushes..... EVER You should leave them alone (for others to get)
98% of my brushes have been second or third hand and i have never had an issue. Don't worry about it and enjoy a great brush.
If you think a used shaving brush that has been used solely with soap
Is gross. What are your thoughts about going to a restaurant
And using flatware and glasses that thousands of people before you used....some with mouth herpes.
Is gross. What are your thoughts about going to a restaurant
And using flatware and glasses that thousands of people before you used....some with mouth herpes.
Good question. I've found I can try out some really nice brushes that I otherwise wouldn't be able to get. I've never found it weird, gross, or any of the like. I had to get over all of that when I used genuine badger hair. You just don't know where that badger fella has been. 
It's a personal preference.
It's a personal preference.
There's no way around it, a shaving brush used for any amount of time is bound to get some blood on it at some point. That's technically a hazzard.
On the other hand, it gets covered in soap and rinsed so often that alone probably cleans it out. I'm sure all members here would not knowingly sell a brush if they knew they had a communicable disease and I'm sure they clean the brush well before they sell it. Beyond that a 15 second soak in 165 degree F water is all it takes to kill germs, that's a national food safety standard here in the states. Using alcohol/mouthswash or any other chemical antisceptic would be fine too. New style brushes have the bristles rubber bonded and the knot is held in with moder glues that shouldn't be too sensitive to a short, hot soak.
If you're worried don't buy used, but when was the last time you saw a headline of someone getting sick from a shaving brush?
Scott
On the other hand, it gets covered in soap and rinsed so often that alone probably cleans it out. I'm sure all members here would not knowingly sell a brush if they knew they had a communicable disease and I'm sure they clean the brush well before they sell it. Beyond that a 15 second soak in 165 degree F water is all it takes to kill germs, that's a national food safety standard here in the states. Using alcohol/mouthswash or any other chemical antisceptic would be fine too. New style brushes have the bristles rubber bonded and the knot is held in with moder glues that shouldn't be too sensitive to a short, hot soak.
If you're worried don't buy used, but when was the last time you saw a headline of someone getting sick from a shaving brush?
Scott
A short soak in Barbicide will disinfect most anything.
Just be sure to mix up the solution thoroughly and don't let the hair tips rest on bottom of your bowl/jar - there may be nothing more terrifying than seeing your expensive brush with blue tips
Please don't ask how I know this
Just be sure to mix up the solution thoroughly and don't let the hair tips rest on bottom of your bowl/jar - there may be nothing more terrifying than seeing your expensive brush with blue tips
Please don't ask how I know this
A short soak in Barbicide will disinfect most anything.
Just be sure to mix up the solution thoroughly and don't let the hair tips rest on bottom of your bowl/jar - there may be nothing more terrifying than seeing your expensive brush with blue tips
Please don't ask how I know this
How do you know this?? ?:]
How do you think mate?
Haha i hope it wasnt an expensive brush 
I am in the same boat with you too many nice brushes and there's a creepy factor for me. Have wondered if a soak in barbasol would help the germs, but kill the brush.
Boar brushes are different because.
Pigs
1) do not normally live in holes
2)they do not have to scavenge; we normally feed them stuff that should have been sent to a landfill.
3) they only engage in shameful fornication.
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