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the brushes need no soaking in; they take less time to dry; they have negligible bristle loss; and I get consistently good lathering with my soaps.
Yes, I have just recently bought my first Yaqi synthetic a 26mm Rainbow+1
I own quite a few boars and synths. The boars I enjoy for the feel of them but for consistency, my synths seem to make the most lather from the least amount of soap with the least trouble, no issues with shedding as well.
As the OP said he shaves weekly, I'd recommend a synth with any of the brushes at Yaqi being suitable, but the Tuxedo with a black handle for $9 shipped to the UK is hard to beat for value and performance.
No,no,no, no offense at all, and I do apologies if it was taken in that manner. Definitely don't want to come off as theMy opinion is that the Synths I have (4 of them) all sit somewhere between the badger I have (which is a cheepo Annbas) and the Wilkinson sword Boar
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Sorry @The situational shaver if the stripe on the Boar offends.
Its true that the Synths don't provide the same scrubbing feel of a Boar, but they definitely have more backbone than a badger and they have, for the most part, very good lathering qualities. I do think there is also a dependence on the soap that you use and some soaps do appear to work better with different brushes, however I find I get a good lather from my synths no matter which soap I try.
My recommendation would be to buy a boar and a synth and put whichever one doesn't suit you so well on the BST that way at least you can be sure you have gotten the brush that suits your needs the best.
After another hour or two of reading.....I'm going to rule the 48 out as the knot seems enormous. 98/49 have identical knots, won't rule them out as widely available. 11829 comes highly recommended.....10290 and 10066 under serious consideration owing to @Missoni 's superb thread about the smaller knotted Omegas. I'll read that through in it's entirety tomorrow. I appreciate all the information, advice and recommendations but Missoni and I think are on very similar wavelengths in terms of what I'm looking for out of the brush - i.e. massaging/scrubbing capability. Anything considered remotely 'floppy' I'd rule out as that's not really what I'm after.
I should also mention that I generally only do a few passes right now so a smaller brush not holding a full 3/4 passes worth of lather doesn't concern me.
I think Badger Hair was designed for keeping Badgers Warm and Boar for performing the same function for Pigs.I believe most if not all synthetic fibres used in shaving brushes were originally developed for make up brushes.
Got it Nisse , thought you were saying Synths were no good as the fibres weren't designed for the purpose.Using synthic brush - fibre made for make up brush - may explain feeling like using a make up brush
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