fozz77 said:Boreal 976
antdad said:Someone care to define it for me?
Audiolab said:I notice this on my Plisson and Rooney Finest, the shaft of the hair has some flex but is stiffer than a normal brush. When dry the ends of it are slightly rough feeling, not like a boar kind of rough where it is discernible strands of prickly hair; but more like lots more small hairs that you can feel especially when dry like the hairs on a nettle. I admit I expected pillow soft tips when I bought the Plisson and it is not like that at all, the HMW has more roughness to it then my supers and best brushes when dry.
When fully soaked the stiffer tips are still there but I don't feel them yet they are still stiffer tips, this allows me to lather using only the tips. They are stiff enough to agitate the mix without pushing down on the brush, it is kind of like a no pressure shave where you let the weight of the razor do the work; similarly lathering with brushes that seem have this property I don't need any pressure to feel it working on the stubble. The knot isn't splayed out while working with the lather.
If you press in and use it like any other brush it works just the same but then you loose that benefit of just the tips agitating the lather and lifting the hairs. Maybe I am talking shite but I have tried lathering with my Plisson and Rooney with no pressure and it is easier and kinder on the face than using a 1/1 and scrubbing like you are removing a layer of skin, but the difference is very subtle and sometimes (i think) goes unnoticed by many.
As for the term "scritchy" I think it is a made up name when someone is trying to describe this effect of not scrubby but not soft either, something in between. As Fido said I expect it from HMW or Rooney finest when dry but when wet it is not annoying, it is just enough to move the lather but not too much that it is like rubbing your face with a nettle.
(Edited to remove the shitty carriage returns my text editor added when I copied it from there into here)
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