- Joined
- Wednesday May 29, 2013
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
Sadly I could not find a suitable picture of wild boar!
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The first image is a never used Semogue SOC. The second is an SOC which has been broken in by soaking and natural drying. If you look
carefully you will see the split ends. As already mentioned....this does not happen with badgers or synthetics.
This is my understanding - dry or even partially-wet knots tend to suffer from hair breakage.I never use my natural hair brushes (boar and badger) dry or even just 'wetted'. I always soak, as it reduces the risk of the hairs breaking, and stops them soaking up the lather due to the bristles already being saturated.
The repeated soaking and drying cycles are essential to break in a boar brush.The ends of the hair split. This makes the boar hair incredibly soft at the tips. A good quality boar such as a Semogue 830 can rival a badger brush for softness, but will have backbone and cost a fraction of the price of a badger