"Undoughnutting" Synth Brush

[TobyC]

The best way to fix a synthetic is to replace it with boar. Boar brushes will never turn into bad or broken synthetics no matter what you do to them.

 

[Bogeyman]

Fancontroller, hide those photos quickly!!!! Boycie will faint while clutching his pearls!

 

[Boycie83]

 

[TobyC]

Fancontroller, hide those photos quickly!!!! Boycie will faint while clutching his pearls!

He's not wearing his pearls today, he'll have to grab his clock.

 

[Geofnay]

You do right ...

Nice idea, terrible in practice. It is literally impossible not to end up with a tangled knot when lathering. I really, really wanted the idea of horse to work out for me but I just could not get past having to groom it after every use. It was a stress ... and shaving should not be that.

I'm baffled that you can't 'git along' with a horsie - although my shaving slowed somewhat with the pandemic, I used a Vie Long white horse hair brush for a full year from early January 2020 exclusively i.e. without interruption - no knots, no tangles. It'll be trotted out soon - one of my absolute favourites.

 

[fancontroller]

I'm baffled that you can't 'git along' with a horsie - although my shaving slowed somewhat with the pandemic, I used a Vie Long white horse hair brush for a full year from early January 2020 exclusively i.e. without interruption - no knots, no tangles. It'll be trotted out soon - one of my absolute favourites.

Yep, that's the horsie on the left in my picture previously.

 

[Geofnay]

Yep, that's the horsie on the left in my picture previously.

Mine is buried somewhere here, although the link might get scrubbed:

Horse hair brushes

Funny that this thread gets revived days after I started ogling a horse brush at Yourshaving: https://www.yourshaving.com/en/shaving-brushes/1147-zenith-horse-hair-extra-soft-shaving-brush-olive-handle-506u-xs.html You are welcome :)

www.atgshaving.com

 

[pjgh]

... mine got a plastic wig!

 

[Geofnay]

... mine got a plastic wig!

Climb back in the saddle, take the reins, stick your nuzzle in the nose bag and have a look at this:

Epsilon Horse Hair Shaving Brush "Fan Shape" 12705B

www.giftsandcare.com

 

[TobyC]

I've never had a horse tangle, no hole in the center either.

 

[TobyC]

Climb back in the saddle, take the reins, stick your nuzzle in the nose bag and have a look at this:

Epsilon Horse Hair Shaving Brush "Fan Shape" 12705B

www.giftsandcare.com

He's a rhinestone cowboy, can't handle a real horses.

 

[pjgh]

I also had two Amphora handles from Vie-Long, the first (a white horse) also tangled up like crazy. The second was a brown horse and it was of such poor quality control, the knot had to be pulled - it had a dink in the metal ring and a corresponding "chip" in the handle edge:

... that knot was steamed and pulled. What a terrible rim!

That one got a badger as a commission:

... the other another plastic wig.

You fellows have encouraged me to at least give it another try. As I said, I really wanted horse to work for me, but I just could not get along with the format. Quick sanity check: I'm a face latherer. You guys, too?

 

[Geofnay]

I also had two Amphora handles from Vie-Long, the first (a white horse) also tangled up like crazy. The second was a brown horse and it was of such poor quality control, the knot had to be pulled - it had a dink in the metal ring and a corresponding "chip" in the handle edge:

... that knot was steamed and pulled. What a terrible rim!

That one got a badger as a commission:

... the other another plastic wig.

You fellows have encouraged me to at least give it another try. As I said, I really wanted horse to work for me, but I just could not get along with the format. Quick sanity check: I'm a face latherer. You guys, too?

I'm mostly a face latherer, Paul - I like a nice warm (ok hot) brush on my fizzog. Revisiting the vendor websites I've been shocked at some of the prices. I reckon white horse hair is the way to go and the one I showed you is cheap as chips - maybe a UK vendor has it, since Brexit seems to have derailed some delivered prices from the EU.

 

[pjgh]

Pretty difficult to come by a horse hair in just the UK. It might be that I have to wait a little for things to settle down a bit with international purchasing. There are a few vendors with some stock. I'll find something. Thanks for the link and the encouragement, fellow face masher.

 

[fancontroller]

Quick sanity check: I'm a face latherer. You guys, too?

I guess I'm a bowl latherer.
I usually make the lather in the bowl then also mash the brush into my litso. A bit of half and half I'd say.