Which one should be my first Semogue?

Which should be my first Semogue?


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Hi guys, I am about to buy a little cousin for my Proraso brush. I have decided to go with Semogue, and I was wondering between the 620, the 830?\/1305 and (less than the others) the 1800. To those of you who would like to vote, I would like to ask you if you want to share with me the reason why you would prefer one over the others. I face lather exclusively and mainly use cream and soft soaps. Very occasionally stick and hard soap.

Thank you to anyone who will take the time to vote and post a comment. Cheers ;)
 
I have the 830 and the 1800. Both are great brushes and you won't go wrong with either of them. I read a fair amount on Semogue brushes before purchasing and the 620 is also a very highly rated brush.

The 830 is regarded as the softest of the bunch and I can confirm this when comparing it to my 1800. If you're after a soft boar, this is probably the one to choose.

I've personally voted for the 1800 as I love the handle and the balance of backbone, softness and 'scritch'.
 
I have the 830 and the 1800. Both are great brushes and you won't go wrong with either of them. I read a fair amount on Semogue brushes before purchasing and the 620 is also a very highly rated brush.

The 830 is regarded as the softest of the bunch and I can confirm this when comparing it to my 1800. If you're after a soft boar, this is probably the one to choose.
I've personally voted for the 1800 as I love the handle and the balance of backbone, softness and 'scritch'.

Thank you sir for your very detailed explanation. Cheers
 
Thank you. would you say the 620 splays enough to perform a nice massage to the face, and the 830 splays totally flat like a well used badger brush?

I get almost no splay with the 6 series brushes, which is ideal as it's the tips which create the lather and gives a soft yet scrubby face feel. The 8 Series doesn't splay flat but not far off, I find their lather creation and face feel to be inferior for face lathering but superior for bowl lathering.
 
830 is an 1305 with 10% more hairs if I'm not mistaken.

Personally I prefer the smaller lofts (50mm vs 55mm), so that means the 620, which is actually my current favourite brush.
It will get very very soft (but can take a long time to get there).
 
830 is an 1305 with 10% more hairs if I'm not mistaken.

Personally I prefer the smaller lofts (50mm vs 55mm), so that means the 620, which is actually my current favourite brush.
It will get very very soft (but can take a long time to get there).
The 620 is what I ended up ordering. Of course, I'm pretty sure the others will follow at some point. But in the meantime the 620 seems to be the favourite amongst face latherers.
 
I had a 620. Great face lathering brush, that eventually got soft and was a real pleasure to use, until it died after a couple of years use. It would kill the lather after the 1st pass. There's a thread here somewhere that instructs on how to clean & revitalise brushes where this occurs, but after several attempts I gave up. Still worth buying for £15, I enjoyed & ultimately got vfm using this great brush.
 
I had a 620. Great face lathering brush, that eventually got soft and was a real pleasure to use, until it died after a couple of years use. It would kill the lather after the 1st pass. There's a thread here somewhere here that instructs on how to clean & revitalise brushes where this occurs, but after several attempts I gave up. Still worth buying for £15, I enjoyed & ultimately got vfm using this great brush.
You're actually not the first saying that a semogue died after 2/3/4/5 years of use. I have lot older omegas that still performs like day 1 (of the break-in period). Nevertheless, I couldn't bare the weight of my curiosity anymore. Besides, that is probably one of the perks of owning more brushes. They should last longer ;)
 
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