Show us your boars!

Nisse said:
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Anyone tested these from Turkey?
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Yes, I have few Turkish made boar brushes(Jaguar, Shaving factory, Lider and few more) I think they are very good. I bought most of them when I went to Turkey. The bristles are not densely packed, don't take long to break-in, they are inexpensive. The only thing I can criticise are the handles are not very good quality but they do the job, they are not just as pretty as Omega or Semogue, but I think they are great performers.
 
pjgh said:
My row of piggies:

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Vintage Ever Ready (No.1)
Vintage Cussons?
Omega 10015
Chinese knot in a Gan Village Green handle < my favourite
Chinese knot in a crazy grey/black lava lamp handle
Semogue 1305
SOC Italian Barber
SOC Ash
SOC Cherry
Omega 10098
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Love the look of the Omega 10015! Need to get myself one of those. A good performer?
 
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...although probably not very vogue, I find a few of the small Omega boars terrific in use; particularly the 10290 aka 'Baby Pro' and 10051 aka 'Chunky Chubb' both have backbone, scrub and the ability to hold lather that belies their size.
 
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Missoni said:
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...although probably not very vogue, I find a few of the small Omega boars terrific in use; particularly the 10290 aka 'Baby Pro' and 10051 aka 'Chunky Chubb' both have backbone, scrub and the ability to hold lather that belies their size.
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Where did you order the 10051 from? Few sellers seem to stock that particular Omega. It's the same knot as the 40033 but with a slighter larger handle.
 
Blademonkey said:
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.
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I used both of my new Zenith pigs a few times without using the fridge treatment and even the tips of the bleached/unbleached were incredibly soft I found they were both 'lather eaters' and even loading the brush heavily there wouldn't be much lather by the third pass.

After the fridge treatment they are much better and I think the brushes are a lot better for using the fridge treatment, but as ever YMMV.
 
donnie_arko said:
I used both of my new Zenith pigs a few times without using the fridge treatment and even the tips of the bleached/unbleached were incredibly soft I found they were both 'lather eaters' and even loading the brush heavily there wouldn't be much lather by the third pass.

After the fridge treatment they are much better and I think the brushes are a lot better for using the fridge treatment, but as ever YMMV.
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Great news, it seems to work very well and anything simple that improves your boar quickly has got to be a good thing. :) P.
 
Latest boar acquisition: Omega 011829

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Three uses now, was off to a rocky start but once I realised varying the pre-soak time considerably changes the brush performance (yes I'm still a boar newbie) it really came on song. Also, the knot initially seemed to be quite sparse but as the tips split the knot really fills out, I guess Omega know exactly what their doing!
 
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