Thanks for the comparisons @Nisse . Very helpful indeed. Later on tonight when the kids are in bed I'll get more chance to look at all this info properly.View attachment 51671
10051 vs 49 in DIY handles, the small one is more scrubby so needs a longer soak for a comfortable face lathering shave
Boar all the way. But for something different consider a boar & badger mix; Semogue has a nice one. The only time I use a synthetic is when I travel as they dry very quickly. I face lather only and don't like the face feel of a synthetic primarily because it doesn't splay easily and feels springy.
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My current favourite among synthetic brushes, at "normal" loft a supersoft make up brush but setting low and wide adds backbone, not like a boar or finest twoband badger but noticable and without springy feel when splaying, this in turn adds body transforming soft cloud into soft pillow, surprised me, not bad, not bad at all, but all black would have been nice.
Always do, but to little effect.Have you tried soaking the synthetic in a hot water? They splay much better, but you lose the little bit of backbone you have with them...
Mine is a 22mm synthetic and splayed fine after a hot water bath...Always do, but to little effect.
Get yourself a Proraso Brush (I think it is an Omega P83 or something like that). Same handle of the 48 and 49, which I find super comfortable to hold. The know has a similar diameter (plus or minus a mm) but the loft is shorter. Nice backbone and I do find Omega breaking in quicker than Semogue. Mine had no smell whatsoever and it is still my favourite amongst my other brushes (boars, Badgers and synthetics). Just used again this morning with Tabac. Awesome performer and ridiculously cheap.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.
Get yourself a Proraso Brush (I think it is an Omega P83 or something like that). Same handle of the 48 and 49, which I find super comfortable to hold. The know has a similar diameter (plus or minus a mm) but the loft is shorter. Nice backbone and I do find Omega breaking in quicker than Semogue. Mine had no smell whatsoever and it is still my favourite amongst my other brushes (boars, Badgers and synthetics). Just used again this morning with Tabac. Awesome performer and ridiculously cheap.
I have the 49, which loft should be slightly shorter than the 48, and it is longer than the Proraso. Although I love my 49, I find the Proraso easier to manage. I don't need to put my fingers at the base of the loft to avoid slaying all over my face.I thought I'd read somewhere that the proraso offering was identical to either the 48 or 49 (presumably 49) but rebranded, although it may have been just the handle like you said.
Thanks for the info.
@Missoni it was actually you that I meant to mention! Nisse was a help but it was your posts on the 4 brushes etc that was a really big factor in helping me choose. Thanks man!
Badger brushes are meant be used like a paint brush, with back and forth strokes
as opposed to being ‘splayed' and ‘scrubbed' in a circular motion.
I would avoid a SOC for this very reason, they do take months (I speak from painful experience!)
I bought your SOC and it's yet to breakI've only used it 3 or 4 times.
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