I've never had a real good badger brush

Discussion in 'The Brush' started by FanofAceVentura, Jul 24, 2014.

  1. FanofAceVentura

    FanofAceVentura Well-Known Member

  2. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    Very nice, but on the expensive side. And personally, I prefer silvertip badger to best badger. Check out www.whippeddog.com. He has great stuff at modest prices.
     
  3. FanofAceVentura

    FanofAceVentura Well-Known Member

    i will con sider this brush
     
  4. Bobcat

    Bobcat Well-Known Member

    What Sara said...............
     
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  5. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    Maybe it's been my bad luck but every badger I've tried has been too floppy and sloppy for me to get to like. Maybe I'm just too used to stiffer pig hair.
     
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  6. HoosierTrooper

    HoosierTrooper Steve-less in Indiana

    "Best" badger is just a subjective term that the companies use to identify the type of hair they used, it doesn't mean it's the best brush they sell.
     
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  7. HolyRollah

    HolyRollah BaconLord

    Same. I agree on Sara's recommendation. Tough to beat WD for both price and quality in silvertip badger brushes.
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  8. Stubbl E

    Stubbl E Well-Known Member

    I prefer my boar brushes but I've been impressed lately with a couple of 2-Band Finest knots I've been messing with from The Golden Nib. They've got a nice soft feel on the face while still being fairly firm through the length of the hairs.
     
  9. Herm2502

    Herm2502 off to elf practice

    +1 on the Whipped Dog brushes
     
  10. Erik Redd

    Erik Redd Lizabeth, baby, I'm comin' to join ya.

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  11. Mr. Shaverman

    Mr. Shaverman Well-Known Member

    I'm the same away. I'm not a fan of badgers, but boars are great. I'd really like to try to find synthetic, actually.
     
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  12. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    I've used old nylon brushes with very likable results.
     
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  13. tuxxdk

    tuxxdk International Penguin of Mystery

    I've been blown away by my Shavemac silvertip. I thought I was a boar-man, but nope...! Turned out I had just tried the wrong badger before this silvertip.
     
  14. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    That said, I know not all badger is soft and floppy...mine were all vintage, maybe that had something to do with it. Someone here, maybe it was Gary, can't recall, advised I should try one of the stiffer types of badger. I probably will someday.
     
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  15. PatrickA51

    PatrickA51 Well-Known Member

    That Brush is very over priced.


    If you want to get your monies Worth buy a WD Silver Tip from Larry. www.whippeddog.com. I have one, I would not give it up for love nor money!
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    The only other Brush that I have that will even hold a candle to my Whipped Dog Silver tip are the two Oscar11 Brushes that I own.
     
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  16. FanofAceVentura

    FanofAceVentura Well-Known Member

    http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0096GY082/?tag=thshde-20

    ever since i got this my lathers have been a great quallity probley becuase my tecknicue or the fact the rest of my brushes where crap
     
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  17. FanofAceVentura

    FanofAceVentura Well-Known Member

    im thinking of geting the case model so I can buy there shave brush tube also my family came to america from England on my fathers side so it has some history to me
     
  18. Erik Redd

    Erik Redd Lizabeth, baby, I'm comin' to join ya.

    Those are good reasons. Edwin Jagger makes nice brushes, I have a Merchant & Rhoades Best Badger that I'm pretty sure is a rebranded Edwin Jagger and it's one of my favorites. Here's a couple of pics of it next to a brush I got to reknot.
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  19. FanofAceVentura

    FanofAceVentura Well-Known Member

    Nice brushes
     
  20. woodworker

    woodworker Active Member

    I am in agreement with the Whipped Dog recommendations! I got a 30mm silvertip from Larry in one of his black handles. Fantastic brush. Always wanted to try a large knot and with all the good reviews for WD thought that the price is low enough that it's worth the risk. Love the brush so much I got a 24mm the following week.
     
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