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Teiste said:Give it a week or 10 days or regular use,and if you dont like it/see the results that you expect,sell it or pif it:theres a lot of great brushes out there (boar and badger and horsehair) waiting for a new owner - like that compassionate fellow, the selfless Urban Hermit.
antdad said:I didn't care for the bugger at all, that particular brush might even be my old one but in difficult times with soap I go for a long wet hand job.
Rather than twirling the soap on top of the puck, soak a soap and the brush and using your hands while everything's wet work the soap right into all parts of the brush supersaturating the knot. You should be able to create something usable by hand lathering with that, it's an excessive use of soap but it might give you a little more confidence in the brush and an idea of what it might require to perform.
Yellow Jim said:James,
If it's been used for that long I would expect it to be broken in by now. Maybe it's just not for you. Are you soaking it before use? I find my badgers only need 30 seconds or so, but tend to leave the boars for a few minutes. Have no problem face lathering soap with them this way.
+1Chris said:...There is no denying the New Forest silvertip is absolutely wonderful and tends to get used with soft soaps (Nanny’s Silly Soaps) but the SOC is just perfect for MWF...
SiR-ed8 said:3 months could mean anything. If he used the other two more then it could be quite a handful of uses. That's not enough time even for a spineless brush like Vulfix.
Yellow Jim said:If it's been used for that long I would expect it to be broken in by now. Maybe it's just not for you. Are you soaking it before use? I find my badgers only need 30 seconds or so, but tend to leave the boars for a few minutes. Have no problem face lathering soap with them this way.
SiR-ed8 said:3 months could mean anything. If he used the other two more then it could be quite a handful of uses. That's not enough time even for a spineless brush like Vulfix.
n1vlo said:well i have similar experience with mine....my other semoque is a dream compared to the SOC bristles just wont give at the ends... :roll:
Teiste said:Give it a week or 10 days of regular use,and if you dont like it or see the results that you expected,sell it or pif it:theres a lot of great brushes out there (boar and badger) waiting for a new owner.
SiR-ed8 said:Your problem is you only have 1 Boar. Secondly, you can use any Boar in the world and they won't be ready out-of-box like some Badgers are ( 90%-95% of time ).
Urban Hermit said:This is a grand opportunity for you and for that S'mogey SOC brush, James. I will let you PIF that SOC boar brush to me, which will solve, or at least alleviate, most of the problems you seem concerned about.
You would be able to rest easily, secure in the knowledge that it will go to a good home. A home where it will be well treated and cared for. A home where it will have the best chance to receive the attention it deserves James. I could even post (or email/PM to you) a picture - possibly more than one - of that poor, wee, S'mogey, happily settling into its new home, and hanging out with new brush-friends.
Possibly, if I can work with it in an environment of trust and caring, possibly, it might even be helped to overcome its reluctance to work confidently and consistently with soaps as well as creams ...
Just ask yourself James, can you, in good conscience, deny that little S'mogey, its chance to really bloom?
- ... can you, James?[/list:u][/list:u][/list:u]
- Don't give that SOC the brush off - PM today.[/list:u][/list:u]
This has been an unpaid appeal by The Urban Hermitage for Shaving Goods - International.
- Don't get your knots in a twist: give generously - give now![/list:u][/list:u]
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