Show us your boars!

[Blademonkey]

Stubby beast! Tamed yet?

Mine has been well and truly tamed, I gave it the overnight soaking in the fridge treatment followed by a brisk rub down on a towel left to dry during the day and repeat for a week. It's breaking in wonderfully, starting to split and get soft and still has great backbone. I love it, a fab face lathering brush.

 

[Missoni]

...mine also...it has turned out to be a superb brush...delighted...

 

[Blademonkey]

I gave my Stirling boar the same fridge soaking / drying method it took a while longer but now that has broken in nicely, it lost a few bristles but has stopped now, turned out to be a real nice brush, this would have happened over time anyway I know but this just speeds up the breaking in time. I don't know who came up with this method but by jingo it works! P.

 

[jar]

Next to last Kent V80:​

 

[floyd]

I have only one boar brush.

 

[shaunwistow]

 

[donnie_arko]

Here my two new pigs - a bleached & unbleached Zenith.

Even though both brushes were sold as 24mm sized knots & 57mm high lofts, the unbleached has a knot of 23.0mm & 58.6mm high loft, and the bleached 23.1mm knot & 58.2mm high loft, and both have a 13mm or so glue bump.

I think it was @Nisse who's 'twin' Zenith boars had some discrepancy regarding knot width but I'm really impressed with how close both brushes dimensions are to each other.

 

[Nisse]

Move over, here is my 24 mm pig from Zenith at 24,58 mm

 

[donnie_arko]

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Move over, here is my 24 mm pig from Zenith at 24,58 mm

That sure is one handsome pig.

 

[Bikerjohn]

The fridge treatment worked wonders for my little Kent VS70 piggy.

 

[Blademonkey]

The fridge treatment worked wonders for my little Kent VS70 piggy.

The fridge treatment certainly speeds up the breaking in period, I would certainly recommend 12hrs soaking in the fridge followed by 12hrs drying and repeat for one week. P.

 

[Nisse]

Or buy a Zenith pig, no need for any special treatment just show it to water

 

[Blademonkey]

Or buy a Zenith pig, no need for any special treatment just show it to water

I bought a "Zenith pig" and although it was softer than most it wasn't fully broken in, so the fridge treatment would still speed up the process .
YMMV ect...... P.

 

[Nisse]

Anyone tested these from Turkey?

 

[Nisse]

Or a fivepack of these? Maybe just like chocolate two layers so tenpack?

 

[Nisse]

Or maybe a Vepa from Turkey