If I buy a badger brush I will buy a silvertip but I do love my boar brushes so I have quite a few, there is nothing wrong with a pure badger brush but if it feels like a boar why not just buy a boar and break it in?It seems that pure badgers get only hate and contempt everywhere. Currently my only badger is a pure. This one . Although i paid it 18 EUR. I really like it! At first i found it annoyingly prickly, but now i don't think about it and use painting strokes. I am also in disbelief on how much backbone it has.
There are many cheap chinese badgers that advertize themselves with a photo where the brush is completely splayed all the way to the knot while dry. With the Edwin Jagger i have, this is impossible. It's more like a boar. And i like that! I like boars! A brush that while dry can splay all the way, will probably be a mop once wet!
The brush i think is also very dense, it lathers easily and holds a large amount of lather, despite the 20mm knot. I 'd dare say it holds more lather than my 24mm Omega boar, with the difference, that it seems that the boar is more prone in releasing the "last" lather down in the knot. Plus, the handle is superheavy and very pretty. I don't think i will ever stop using this brush, despite the 2 Best badgers i have on order! Prickly or not! It's like a badger-boar hybrid!
Anyone else likes pure badger?
If I buy a badger brush I will buy a silvertip but I do love my boar brushes so I have quite a few, there is nothing wrong with a pure badger brush but if it feels like a boar why not just buy a boar and break it in?
Each to their own, buy what you like, there are no rules
You may want to try a 'best' badger. Good backbone & not too expensive.The backbone reminds a boar, but the hair is different. When bent, the badger hair responds differently to pressure. I have already 2 boars in my rotation (plus about 8-10 spare boars). The badger has boar-like backbone, but it's different. It's hard to explain. It lathers differently, holds the lather differently, bends differently. But i like the boar-like backbone.
Like I said, do as your heart desires, there are no rules, no one will think less or more about you we all have our likes and dislikes but it is what make's it a truly personal thing. Something just for you, the way you like it. Shave happyThe backbone reminds a boar, but the hair is different. When bent, the badger hair responds differently to pressure. I have already 2 boars in my rotation (plus about 8-10 spare boars). The badger has boar-like backbone, but it's different. It's hard to explain. It lathers differently, holds the lather differently, bends differently. But i like the boar-like backbone.
You may want to try a 'best' badger. Good backbone & not too expensive.
Like I said, do as your heart desires, there are no rules, no one will think less or more about you we all have our likes and dislikes but it is what make's it a truly personal thing. Something just for you, the way you like it. Shave happy
Almost ALL Badger hair is sourced in China!This is why i skipped the chinese brushes and went to the Edwin Jagger
Things like Best or Finest or Silvertip or High Mountain White or Manchurian are all just recent marketing devices.
Here we have some Manchurian, some Silvertip, some High Mountain White and some 50+ year old "Pure Badger".Most of my badger brushes are "Pure Badger".
Almost ALL Badger hair is sourced in China!
This Vintage French Fitchard So Called Pure Badger is the Softest of Brushes whilst Being a Very Dense Knot..The Quality of the Badger Hair in this Brush is as Good if Not Better than a Current Silver Tip..I Got it NOS for a Song an All..
Billy
There is a Lot of High Priced & Overpriced Crap Badgers Out there..Simpson for One..They Got Popularized in Forums & the Prices went Crazy for Years..That Said..I have Never Came Across a So Called Rough Badger Brush Yet.,Forum Talk Can Lead Folks into FALSE Expectation's..Just Like Politicians..The tips don't look trimmed. Maybe that's the thing. In fact, if my pure badger hadn't trimmed tips, it would be wonderful!
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