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Success!! Boiling water dipping and lots of combing.
Kudos to pjgh, a gentleman & a scholar!!
That really is incredible!
Success!! Boiling water dipping and lots of combing.
Kudos to pjgh, a gentleman & a scholar!!
Thank you @Bogeyman for your post here as it had never occurred to me to comb a shave brush , but it works a treat for sure.Years ago when I started using synthetic brushes no one knew to comb the knot post-shave to prevent the dreaded "doughnut" effect that many face latherers get. I do that on my newer ones thereby avoiding this, but my Cashmere & Mew Brown have it bad and no amount of combing solves it. I have read however that if you dip the knot for a minute or so in boiling water and then comb/bind you can bring them back to new.
Has anyone done this & care to comment?
No Never used one of thoseYou've never used a horse hair brush then @RussellR5555? Those things should come with a pet comb!
No Never used one of those
I have only ever used Synthetics , but I am amazed by the variety you can get with synthetic brushes.You do right ...
Nice idea, terrible in practice. It is literally impossible not to end up with a tangled knot when lathering. I really, really wanted the idea of horse to work out for me but I just could not get past having to groom it after every use. It was a stress ... and shaving should not be that.
I have only ever used Synthetics , but I am amazed by the variety you can get with synthetic brushes.
Indeed! It took a while, mind. When I came to traditional shaving the Muhle Silvertip Fibre, good as it is, was pretty much the only choice...
I only recently tried what i think is Muhle Silvertip Fibre ? in an Ediwin Jagger Brush I bought from the BST , and I was surprised just how good it is.Indeed! It took a while, mind. When I came to traditional shaving the Muhle Silvertip Fibre, good as it is, was pretty much the only choice. That, or the not quite as good Kent Infinity. That was my first synthetic and I used it almost exclusively for a year or more; so much so the nylon started to get split ends like animal hair. Then PurTech and that was a game changer ...
Now, you've got literally everything from super-soft boar-alike cashmere to high end badger-alike tuxedo. Good to see companies like Kent taking a lead with their ethics, moving their entire line to synthetic.
... and so, when we get our nylon in a twist, a simple dunk in boiling water and comb through will reset it to near new.
I only recently tried what i think is Muhle Silvertip Fibre ? in an Ediwin Jagger Brush I bought from the BST , and I was surprised just how good it is.