Short answer: No.I'm new to De shaving and coming on here has helped me tremendously. I bought my razor a Muhle R89 and then just convinced myself I had to have a Badger brush as that is what I saw everyone using. I purchased a Simpsons. Very nice. But then I got to thinking. Where do the bristles come from? I'm no animal activist or vegetarian and I know animals have to pass on so to speak for these bristles to be harvested. I did a bit of checking. Not difficult as Simpsons state they use Chinese Badger Bristles in their leaflet. That got me worrying as the Chinese aren't regarded as being exactly animal friendly. I'm not having a go or trying to stir up a hornets nest I just am interested on others feelings. Are Badger brushes a necessity?
I'm with you Andreas.Short answer: No.
Top badger brushes are several times the price of top synthetics. I don't have a badger brush myself, but I doubt that they are several times as good as my synthetics, so I'm not even tempted to buy a badger brush. And that's without considering animal welfare.
YMMV
There's nothing quite like mushing a wet badger around your face in the morning.
Doesn't bother me. I've yet to try a horse hair brush but imagine they will be very prickly which isn't for me.
As someone who works for a wildlife conservation charity, I have to respectively disagree with this statement, badgers are very clean animals, one of the only animals to change their bedding in there sets on a regular basis and also deficate at least 20 meters away from thier home, badgers are a very clean animalAs long as it's a badger with excellent personal hygiene.
Anyone who has owned a springer spaniel and lived near a sett will tell you that badger is worse than fox by far.
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