Lets see your top five lineup, now I like hard soaps and face lathering, so my top five are all perfectly suited for doing this job.
1 Semogue OC special edition 2012 boar & Badger mix
2 Bill Jack Le Tuft 59 super badger in buckeyed burl
3 Morris & Forndran L7 super badger in faux tortoiseshell
4 Rooney Hertitage Stubby super badger 2 in super
5 Bill Jack Le Tuft Chubby 1.5 two band badger in lignum vitae
1. Simpsons Duke 3 in Best
2. NF Tubby 2
3. NF 1901
4. NF Tubby 1 Tigris Perla
5. Semogue 620
This may change as I have a Frank Shaving Pur-Tech synthetic and a Whipped Dog 30mm Silvertip on the way. Could quite easily use the Duke 3 all the time, as it is magnificent, but I like variety.
I don't have a brush made by any of the makers in Jamie's top five, funnily enough. My top five are probably all biggish Rod Neep productions, much as I like my Simpsons and New Forests.
Even though I posess a couple of dozen de razors I've never felt the urge to own more than two high class brushes. My fave brush is my NF Stubby closely followed by my FS 28mm silvertip. Both exceptional brushes.
I've sold quite a few of my brushes and I only have 4 in my rotation at this moment in time and I'm pretty much happy with this number and more important how they perform, I'll put them in order of preference but a special mention must go to the Simpsons P8 I find this one my very all time favourite brushes pretty outstanding all round performer and for a brush that cost around £60 quite incredible and I would choose it over my Rooney Heritage of my Morris & Forndran L7.