My Frank Shaving 28mm Richmond Large Knot. Exceptional value, lathers like mad.
Which is your favourite shaving brush and why is it your favourite?
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Sorry. The why part:
I really like my brushes. I have the kind of SBAD that's more of an illness than a weakness.
The Astor just has the best combination of qualities I like. I prefer smaller brushes. The Astor is a two band super badger with a 22 mm knot, a 50 mm loft, the handle is substantial. . .it feels great. I lucked out with this one. I was just starting out with wet shaving and happened to be looking for a brush when these were offered.
I really like my brushes. I have the kind of SBAD that's more of an illness than a weakness.
The Astor just has the best combination of qualities I like. I prefer smaller brushes. The Astor is a two band super badger with a 22 mm knot, a 50 mm loft, the handle is substantial. . .it feels great. I lucked out with this one. I was just starting out with wet shaving and happened to be looking for a brush when these were offered.
I have two brushes will remain in my permanent collection: ebony and ivory, yin and yang, alpha and omega - you get my drift.
Pick one? That is like asking which child is your favorite - I'm sorry, but I cannot choose. I'd rather have neither than have to choose one over the other.
H.L. Thater 4125/1
Amazing soft tips, springy and responsive, excellent flow-through, exceptionally comfortable handle. The epitome of an all around brush.
Rooney Heritage Stubby 1XL
The hair, oh, the hair! Words cannot describe. To me, this is the gold standard for badger hair. Marvelous, marvelous brush, especially on a cake of soap.
Amazing soft tips, springy and responsive, excellent flow-through, exceptionally comfortable handle. The epitome of an all around brush.
Rooney Heritage Stubby 1XL
The hair, oh, the hair! Words cannot describe. To me, this is the gold standard for badger hair. Marvelous, marvelous brush, especially on a cake of soap.
Pick one? That is like asking which child is your favorite - I'm sorry, but I cannot choose. I'd rather have neither than have to choose one over the other.
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The Omega 10066 boar I purchased a few weeks ago, which is breaking in nicely. Why? The only other brush I've owned/used is a VDH and I much prefer the 10066's loft, backbone and lathering abilities to the VDH.
My favorite is my Wee Scot. Why? Because its my first and only badger brush. I have tried only tried a simpson case for a different badger brush. I love the ws because its so nice to my soaps and creams! It really takes the bare minimum to make a beautiful lather. Its still more than I can use in one shave.
My favourite is my Frank Shaving Warwick Silvertip, with a 23m knot, 50mm loft - even though I only got it yesterday and haven't even shaved with it yet. Here it is in the eBay photo and after a few washes...
Why is it my favourite? Well, it's my only brush in a top grade badger hair, for one thing - and it's beautifully soft and luxurious with plenty of backbone. I've lathered it up a few times, with cream and with soft soap, and it produces masses of the stuff really easily. I'll shave with it later today.
Why is it my favourite? Well, it's my only brush in a top grade badger hair, for one thing - and it's beautifully soft and luxurious with plenty of backbone. I've lathered it up a few times, with cream and with soft soap, and it produces masses of the stuff really easily. I'll shave with it later today.
My current favorite is my Le Tuft restored Gibbs 210 (love this handle!), originally a boar I've had it filled to make the handle heavier and replaced the knot with a 2band 20mm badger knot set at 47mm! I'm a big 24mm knot lover, but this brush performs and feels so good, and it has that unique one of a kind feel! Maybe some day I'll get it replated, but I've kept all the dents so it would always have a war weary look to remind me this brush as been around for much longer than I!
I can't get it down to just one brush, and I had a very hard time getting down to the couple I've picked.
But they are definitely top of the pops; Monica and Salma
Why: Because they both are very beautiful to look at, and no matter what I throw at them they will whip up a very nice lather without any fuss, and they caress my face in the nicest way when I apply the lather
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But they are definitely top of the pops; Monica and Salma
Why: Because they both are very beautiful to look at, and no matter what I throw at them they will whip up a very nice lather without any fuss, and they caress my face in the nicest way when I apply the lather
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I really like the look of that. And I definitely wouldn't get it replated, no more than I'd get my vintage cameras replated - the knocks and scratches are what make things like these look owned and loved, and they serve as a tribute to their previous owners.
My current favorite is my Le Tuft restored Gibbs 210 (love this handle!), originally a boar I've had it filled to make the handle heavier and replaced the knot with a 2band 20mm badger knot set at 47mm! I'm a big 24mm knot lover, but this brush performs and feels so good, and it has that unique one of a kind feel! Maybe some day I'll get it replated, but I've kept all the dents so it would always have a war weary look to remind me this brush as been around for much longer than I!
Wow, what a fantastic looking brush! Thanks for sharing.
Simpson's Colonel X2L in Best Badger. Best badger brush to use with soaps available, IMHO.
Thanks guys, but all credit must go to Bill (from Le Tuft) for being a genius/magician/artist/THE BEST! This is a "better" angle photo, the back is even worst in plating loss!
Here is a topic with some pictures of the restoration process and others taken by me, sorry it's in Portuguese but the restoration pictures are commented in English!
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Hey, super stand, you should market them!!
My favourite is my Frank Shaving Warwick Silvertip, with a 23m knot, 50mm loft - even though I only got it yesterday and haven't even shaved with it yet. Here it is in the eBay photo and after a few washes...
Why is it my favourite? Well, it's my only brush in a top grade badger hair, for one thing - and it's beautifully soft and luxurious with plenty of backbone. I've lathered it up a few times, with cream and with soft soap, and it produces masses of the stuff really easily. I'll shave with it later today.
Hey Alan I love FS gear. I'm currently using the mixed bristle (B&B) Butterscotch, cost me about £8, looks and feels MUCH more expensive.
My vote goes for the Vie-Long 14095 horse-badger combo (~20mm knot, ~55mm loft, ~45mm handle). Actually, it's a brush that sort of chose me since the brush I wanted to order was out of stock, so I ordered the 14095 as a substitute. I have been trying to travel light during an extended stay in France, and it has really held its own as an all-around player: face-lathering with a stick and soft soaps, building a lather in a bowl with creams. The size is neither too large nor too small and the handle can be gripped in different ways to extend or shorten the apparent action of the bristles.
Attached are two photos of the brush in question, the first from Gifts and Care, and the the second my own brush after two months of regular use. Nothing to drool over; but at 17.50 Euros (giftsandcare.com), the price is fairly reasonable.
Attached are two photos of the brush in question, the first from Gifts and Care, and the the second my own brush after two months of regular use. Nothing to drool over; but at 17.50 Euros (giftsandcare.com), the price is fairly reasonable.
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I can't get it down to just one brush, and I had a very hard time getting down to the couple I've picked.
But they are definitely top of the pops; Monica and Salma
Why: Because they both are very beautiful to look at, and no matter what I throw at them they will whip up a very nice lather without any fuss, and they caress my face in the nicest way when I apply the lather
- so no need to say
Wow shm, those two are absolutely beautiful brushes ! Take good care of them.
Craig
That's good to know too - I've looked at the mixed-hair ones and been wondering about them. I definitely have a couple more FS brushes of different types in my future
Haven't found "that" brush yet, right now I would say the Semogue 830, but ask me in a month, as I have a Simpson Colonel and a SOC on order.
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