Show us your boars!

[Rohleder]

I have bin there, done that, actually tried two from Zenith but my take was: To floppy! To the bin! x two!
(In hindsight I should have bought the Zenith model, B03-A26, with a 57 mm loft)

I'm going to use it every day for a week... If I get on with it I'll buy a B03, as it will definitely be more suited to the type of face lathering I'm accustomed to. The B02 can do it, but painting strokes are required... This mornings shave was 50/50 bowl and face lathering

 

[pjgh]

Ooh! OOH!

 

[Paul]

My old Vulfix is so soft I can only use it for creams now:

 

[Obelix]

I posted it elsewhere, but i suppose this is the "home of the boars" thread:

The Proraso brush on the lower right, i tossed it after the bleach experiment. I also have another Omega, 27x57mm , but i keep it elsewhere.

White bristles: softer.
Yellow bristles: stiffer.
The 2 outside the boxes are whites. The ones in the boxes are all yellow. I 've tried one of them and i am actually using one black handled now instead of the white handled.

 

[mervyncadman]

Here's my two, my new Finest / Boar mixed and below 27mm boar set in the grained ivory handle.

 

[Nisse]

Anyone tried to remove the black plastic container from an Omega knot?

 

[Blademonkey]

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Anyone tried to remove the black plastic container from an Omega knot?

Yes, I did so just a couple of days ago on an O48, I used an electric multi tool fitted with a fine cutting disk and made four cuts through the collar making sure not to go too deep and then just pulled the plastic parts away from the resin. An easy job to do. ( if you have the tool) P.

 

[Nisse]

Any chance the knot will "bloom" more without the container?

 

[Nisse]

Is the knot glued just at the bottom of the container?

 

[Blademonkey]

Is the knot glued just at the bottom of the container?

No the knot is not glued all the way down the collar and if you set it in your brush to where the collar top was it will remain the same, there is a 5mm gap between the top of the glue and the top of the collar. P.

 

[Blademonkey]

Any chance the knot will "bloom" more without the container?

If you want the knot to bloom more just fix in the handle to the top of the glue, giving you an extra 5 mm of loft. P.

 

[Nisse]

New projects! Great!

 

[Obelix]

Any chance the knot will "bloom" more without the container?

My 2 cents about Omega blooming is: If you want Omega to bloom, buy only brushes with white bristles. They still won't bloom much, but a bit more than the yellow bristles. Also, abuse them. Because i buy Omegas, for the exact opposite reason. Because i like that they don't bloom much. If you want a wildly blooming boar, buy Semogue or HJM boar. I stocked up with Omegas, exactly because i like "well disciplined knots". Even the softest of the Omegas, with the white bristles, don't have wild bloom.

 

[Nisse]

Might buy a couple of cheap Zenith boars from TVB to play with: 26 mm bleached and 24 mm unbleached (have not seen any 26 mm unbleached).

 

[Obelix]

Might buy a couple of cheap Zenith boars from TVB, 26 mm bleached and 24 mm unbleached (have not seen any 26 mm unbleached), to play with.

Or, maybe you can consider this:

https://www.pic-upload.de/view-16886328/20121113_212751.jpg.html

To me, this is an abomination of a boar. But, if you like bloom, this is the best (or worst, for me), i have ever seen. It's even sold in our Amazon. Thank God i googled it before buying.

 

[Nisse]

Would only consider buying the HJM boar if modded to this