I have 3 Shavemac brushes and they are all very nice brushes, the eldest has now broken into a fantastic brush and it really gives me pleasure to use it. The second is nearly ready but because I have a few brushes I don't use it often enough and it's taking 2 years.... in my experience, these brushes need 40+ uses to really come to live.
I have a Simpson Colonel X2L that I have used a handful of times only, I think the knot is too small for me hence the reason I never go for it. I have a couple of Maseto brushes and they are good too, hoping that one day they will get to be as good as my eldest Shavemac. I also have 4 Stirling badger brushes that I enjoy too.
So which one is my favourite? For face feel and pure pleasure I'd say my first Shavemac.
Would I buy it again? Knowing what I know now about this brush I'd say yes but a year ago I'd have said no.
I guess I should have used it more often to come to this conclusion earlier but I have no regrets, I look forward to the others joining this fantastic brush one day.
My frst ever badger brush was a £50 brush and it was so bad.... I was reading about badger brushes and I seem to remember that "silvertip" was the brush to go for as they were the softest and best for me I thought but they were all rather expensive, I found this one on a reputable Internet store and it was a bad decision, I could have bought the Semogue SOC instead and that is a good brush.
I think I have finally come to my senses to realise I don't need anything else for my shaving. .. .