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As its a Sunday i have been relaxing , drinking tea and surfing the net etc, and whilst reading the forums i have seen a few posts about synthetic shaving brushes and how " no animal should have to die for my morning shave ."
Now whilst i really do admire the stance of trying to do the right thing i feel that there are pros and cons for every shaving brush, and to say that "no animal " dies in synthetic shaving brush production is not essentially true. To set the scene, i use Badger shaving brushes and Boar and do own a couple of synthetics ( not for me, too soft ) i prefer tallow soaps, wool clothing , leather belts and shoes.
The synthetic brush fibres that a lot of the makers use are Taklon/polyester based which as far as i am aware is a derivative of petrol and other chemicals and the process by products are microplastics, and an idustrial process, also the handles in shaving brushes are resin/plastic.
So surely the best outcome is to use a natural hair , Badger/Boar/Horse with a wooden handle? as whilst yes an animal has to die, but the animal is fully used and biodegrades which is not the case for polyester as its death for animals from a thousand paper cuts through Industrial pollution, oil extraction, microplastics etc.
The illusion of an ethical choice.
Thoughts?
Now whilst i really do admire the stance of trying to do the right thing i feel that there are pros and cons for every shaving brush, and to say that "no animal " dies in synthetic shaving brush production is not essentially true. To set the scene, i use Badger shaving brushes and Boar and do own a couple of synthetics ( not for me, too soft ) i prefer tallow soaps, wool clothing , leather belts and shoes.
The synthetic brush fibres that a lot of the makers use are Taklon/polyester based which as far as i am aware is a derivative of petrol and other chemicals and the process by products are microplastics, and an idustrial process, also the handles in shaving brushes are resin/plastic.
So surely the best outcome is to use a natural hair , Badger/Boar/Horse with a wooden handle? as whilst yes an animal has to die, but the animal is fully used and biodegrades which is not the case for polyester as its death for animals from a thousand paper cuts through Industrial pollution, oil extraction, microplastics etc.
The illusion of an ethical choice.
Thoughts?
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