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- Monday February 5, 2018
Hi everyone, I just joined the forum and wanted a bit of advice on my next brush purchase.
I started DE shaving a short time ago and have a boar hair brush (Semogue 1438).
I have been reading a lot on how good synthetic brushes are nowadays and read that some can perform as good as and some even outperform badger hair brushes. I read that synthetic brushes need no breaking in, dry quickly and are relatively maintenance free, and the only downside I read on them is they don't retain as much water and heat as a badger.
I'd considered a badger brush, but read that there is more care involved with these and also a break-in period and also badger hair brushes can sometime be prone to been a bit smelly and also a good badger brush can be a bit pricey. So this has put me off badger hair brushes somewhat.
On the reading of the reviews on various sites and elsewhere, I have got a shortlist of synthetic brushes that seem to be well liked. I'm not too concern on the price as this will be my second and last brush. I am drawing the line, and don't see any need for me to own anymore than two of everything in my shaving gear (I'll probably break that rule with soaps, aftershaves, balms etc) but for razors, brushes I only want to own two.
I must admit to having a soft spot for the Simpson brush design, and I do like the Simpson Synthetic brush, despite its high price for a synthetic brush, but I won't let design bias my decision, as its how the brush performs, is ultimately what matters.
My shortlist of what I have read good on, with synthetic brushes are:
RazoRock Plissoft – Big Bruce.
Simpsons Chubby 2 Synthetic Badger.
I started DE shaving a short time ago and have a boar hair brush (Semogue 1438).
I have been reading a lot on how good synthetic brushes are nowadays and read that some can perform as good as and some even outperform badger hair brushes. I read that synthetic brushes need no breaking in, dry quickly and are relatively maintenance free, and the only downside I read on them is they don't retain as much water and heat as a badger.
I'd considered a badger brush, but read that there is more care involved with these and also a break-in period and also badger hair brushes can sometime be prone to been a bit smelly and also a good badger brush can be a bit pricey. So this has put me off badger hair brushes somewhat.
On the reading of the reviews on various sites and elsewhere, I have got a shortlist of synthetic brushes that seem to be well liked. I'm not too concern on the price as this will be my second and last brush. I am drawing the line, and don't see any need for me to own anymore than two of everything in my shaving gear (I'll probably break that rule with soaps, aftershaves, balms etc) but for razors, brushes I only want to own two.
I must admit to having a soft spot for the Simpson brush design, and I do like the Simpson Synthetic brush, despite its high price for a synthetic brush, but I won't let design bias my decision, as its how the brush performs, is ultimately what matters.
My shortlist of what I have read good on, with synthetic brushes are:
RazoRock Plissoft – Big Bruce.
Simpsons Chubby 2 Synthetic Badger.