Simpson chubby2 manchurian and my own custom-made titanium handle oumo manchurian . I like both brushes very much.
OUMO Brush Experience - Badger & Synthetic
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Simpson chubby2 manchurian and my own custom-made titanium handle oumo manchurian . I like both brushes very much.
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It takes me about 2-3 weeks once the status changes to "departed." It took me upto 2 month one time. Shipping is not their strength but I've gotten every package so far.
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Dawn dish soap works well. I also use my bath soap or just lather with a random shave soap. Glad you got the brushes safely. Let me know how they work out.Brushes just came in, supposedly a 26mm fan manchurian and a 26mm motherlode. Any suggestions on how to sanitize them without needing to buy anything new?
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Beautiful pour on to the red & blue brush.
So that's what gel tips look like. Just cleaned the brushes with some antibacterial soap and I'll try out the motherlode tomorrow, the manchurian in the shave after that. I need to de-funk the badger so I'll probably hand lather it with TOBS Sandalwood a few times. To dry it can I use my usual technique of squeezing out the brush and vigorously shaking out whatever is left behind, or will that damage the tips over time?
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As long as you don't squeeze the knot with pulling force, it should be fine.So that's what gel tips look like. Just cleaned the brushes with some antibacterial soap and I'll try out the motherlode tomorrow, the manchurian in the shave after that. I need to de-funk the badger so I'll probably hand lather it with TOBS Sandalwood a few times. To dry it can I use my usual technique of squeezing out the brush and vigorously shaking out whatever is left behind, or will that damage the tips over time?
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Just got done using the motherlode brush in a shave. This knot is incredible! Super dense and holds a lot of water compared to my tuxedo synthetic, loads easily, and just enough firmness for me to work the lather on my face without irritating my skin. This was the best Stirling face lather I have ever made because I didn't have to worry about skin irritation from the brush. This is the best of the three brushes I've used, and if it was my first brush, it might have been my only brush.
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Nice! My experience has been similar with motherlode knot. I can face lather without worrying about irritations and the lather works up beautifully. It has no backbone but it performs great and feels ultra-soft on the face.
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I've used my Manchurian fan knot three times so far; the first two times for shaves and the third for a test lather. Up until the test lather I made I was disappointed with the performance of the brush, but I chalked it up to user error both times. I am a splayer and it seems that this knot does not perform at its best in that fashion. After my test bowl lather it looks like the knot is meant for lathering more with the tips.
My first lather was using Stirling Executive Man. Normally I get a very heavy load from just 15 circular swirls with moderate pressure and a full splay on the tub from my other brushes (a 26mm tuxedo synthetic, a 24mm silvertip badger from west coast shaving, and most recently my new 26mm motherlode from Oumo). Those 15 swirls give me enough for 3 passes and touch ups even though I only do 2 passes to minimize face irritation.
When I saw the density of the Manchurian I decided to swirl 25 times instead just to be safe. As it turned out increasing my swirls by 67% was still not enough; the gel tips didn't put a dent in the soap at all and splaying the brush during the load only seemed to put a lot of the soap deep inside the brush. Predictably my face lather was pretty poor because I couldn't get the soap and water to mix consistently on my face. I had a passable lather for my first pass and a very thin and transparent lather for my second pass. After my shave when I squeezed out the excess before I rinsed out the brush, all I got was water and some bubbles. I was shocked because I am used to having very picturesque dense and creamy lather from Executive Man.
My second lather was with TOBS Sandalwood cream. I figured that since I didn't get as good of a load with Stirling, I'd play it safe and go with a cream where I can more easily control the quantity that makes its way onto the brush. I took a relatively generous scoop of the cream and plopped it onto the tips, spreading it around the tips with my fingers a little bit. I would have expected the amount of cream I used to have produced upwards of 5 passes worth of lather with any other brush in my modest collection. Unfortunately I got the same results as my Stirling lather. Again I think my technique was to blame; I splayed the brush instead of letting the tips do the work.
Immediately after I finished my shave with a passable lather for pass 1 and a thin lather for pass 2, I rinsed out the brush and thought I'd try a bowl lather to see if it really is my fault or the brush's. I took a similar amount TOBS Sandalwood as the previous attempt and put it in the bowl. I wet the brush, shook out the excess, and got to work. After a lot of water, a sore wrist, and an emphasis on building the lather with the tips rather than by splaying, I got the dense lather I am used to getting. It also looked like the full 4+ passes worth of lather that I expect from the amount of cream I used.
Going forward I think I'm going to bowl lather with the Manchurian in the near future as I learn its characteristics and preferences better. Eventually I plan on going back to face lathering with it.
My first lather was using Stirling Executive Man. Normally I get a very heavy load from just 15 circular swirls with moderate pressure and a full splay on the tub from my other brushes (a 26mm tuxedo synthetic, a 24mm silvertip badger from west coast shaving, and most recently my new 26mm motherlode from Oumo). Those 15 swirls give me enough for 3 passes and touch ups even though I only do 2 passes to minimize face irritation.
When I saw the density of the Manchurian I decided to swirl 25 times instead just to be safe. As it turned out increasing my swirls by 67% was still not enough; the gel tips didn't put a dent in the soap at all and splaying the brush during the load only seemed to put a lot of the soap deep inside the brush. Predictably my face lather was pretty poor because I couldn't get the soap and water to mix consistently on my face. I had a passable lather for my first pass and a very thin and transparent lather for my second pass. After my shave when I squeezed out the excess before I rinsed out the brush, all I got was water and some bubbles. I was shocked because I am used to having very picturesque dense and creamy lather from Executive Man.
My second lather was with TOBS Sandalwood cream. I figured that since I didn't get as good of a load with Stirling, I'd play it safe and go with a cream where I can more easily control the quantity that makes its way onto the brush. I took a relatively generous scoop of the cream and plopped it onto the tips, spreading it around the tips with my fingers a little bit. I would have expected the amount of cream I used to have produced upwards of 5 passes worth of lather with any other brush in my modest collection. Unfortunately I got the same results as my Stirling lather. Again I think my technique was to blame; I splayed the brush instead of letting the tips do the work.
Immediately after I finished my shave with a passable lather for pass 1 and a thin lather for pass 2, I rinsed out the brush and thought I'd try a bowl lather to see if it really is my fault or the brush's. I took a similar amount TOBS Sandalwood as the previous attempt and put it in the bowl. I wet the brush, shook out the excess, and got to work. After a lot of water, a sore wrist, and an emphasis on building the lather with the tips rather than by splaying, I got the dense lather I am used to getting. It also looked like the full 4+ passes worth of lather that I expect from the amount of cream I used.
Going forward I think I'm going to bowl lather with the Manchurian in the near future as I learn its characteristics and preferences better. Eventually I plan on going back to face lathering with it.
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Good review on the brush.
If you're looking for good performance, synthetic is going to beat it every time. Many of the SHD badgers require a lot more soap and can be finicky when lathering. But they feel dense and soft on the face which synthetics don't compare to.
I definitely prefer bowl lathering with the badgers. Face lathering can work but I gotta practice it to dial in the water and the lather correctly. With bowl, I just add water and keep mixing and eventually turns up creamy with some agitation.
I definitely see why you prefer bowl lathering with badgers, especially ones as dense as this. It's so much harder for the soap and water to travel to the base of the brush when you're bowl lathering, and that lends itself to a faster and easier lathering process. I need to concentrate on not splaying the brush the next time I face lather with it. I also need to find a better solution for adding water to the brush than dripping it from my hand into the bristles. When I do that, the water doesn't make its way to my face. With the motherlode knot, the tuxedo knot, and my other badger knot it's not as big of an issue. I'll have to give another update after I figure out how to get the most out of the qualities of the Manchurian because I can already tell it's a special knot. I'm hoping it doesn't take very long for me to gel (no pun intended) with it.
I inserted a lotus fan badger in my brushguy no complaints whatsoever
Quick delivery and lovely face lathering machine.
And it is so nice I decided to rip a tuxedo out of one of my other brushes and replace it with another 24mm lotus fan knot
Quick delivery and lovely face lathering machine.
And it is so nice I decided to rip a tuxedo out of one of my other brushes and replace it with another 24mm lotus fan knot
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got one of these a while back off Amazon. Works amazingly!
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Hey, I've got that exact one in my Amazon cart right now. As to adding water, I put a little in the bowl of my scuttle when I need some more water. I mostly face lather, but sometimes I'll use a mug to lather.
I know I said I would bowl lather with the Manchurian in the short term, but I couldn't resist and went for a face lather late last night. The results were terrific. I made a conscious effort to load the brush without splaying it on the soap (Stirling Executive Man again) and I left a little more water in the brush than I did the first time. I did 30 swirls with moderate pressure and I god a solid load out of that. I painted the soap, which had a paste-like consistency due to underhydration, onto my face. Then I dipped the tips into my lather bowl filled with water and painted the water onto and into the soap on my face, dipping the tips repeatedly when the soap on my face thickened up. When the soap thinned out from the amount of water in the brush and I was able to see my skin very clearly, I got to work and built up the lather. I splayed mildly and scrubbed, and the lather built up beautifully with a little more added water. I probably had enough soap to use for 5 passes.
I was definitely shocked because the last two times I shaved with lathers from the Manchurians, it felt like the brush was a big lather hog. There's a lot of confounding variables to confirm definitively, but I have a hunch that the brush woke up or came to life after 3 uses. Maybe I just needed to break in the brush for it to feel this good. I'm really happy with how this brush performed last night. If it keeps performing at this level or better for the rest of its life, I'm done buying brushes. The Manchurian and Motherlode are my holy grails.
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I was definitely shocked because the last two times I shaved with lathers from the Manchurians, it felt like the brush was a big lather hog. There's a lot of confounding variables to confirm definitively, but I have a hunch that the brush woke up or came to life after 3 uses. Maybe I just needed to break in the brush for it to feel this good. I'm really happy with how this brush performed last night. If it keeps performing at this level or better for the rest of its life, I'm done buying brushes. The Manchurian and Motherlode are my holy grails.
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Has anyone ordered the new G5 synthetic knot? I am looking for a 28 mm knot and this looks good. Just don't know its characteristics.
