I weeded my brushes pretty hard this year and now have them down to four I use regularly, five others I use occasionally, and a couple others that are still around. Here they are, the good, the not bad, and the ugly: Top row - the very good: Alluminati Envy White, 30DC LE Maple Cashmere, Jason's @jtspartan Cypress Badger (Maggards 24mm two - band badger knot), Semogue Owners Club cherrywood boar Second row - the not bad: Muhle Black Fibre, Muhle Silvertip Fibre, Canadian Rubberset 100V (Maggards 22mm plissoft knot), Chinese hardwood w/ Maggards 24mm plissoft, Supply Provision 26mm silvertip synthetic Bottom row: Simms 1921 patent date badger-effect boar slide-out travel brush (mainly a collectible); and The Ugly, a still boxed Surrey "Premium" badger so floppy it's best used to dust computer screens.
Yeah, I've seen a nice Oscar11 badger on here before. I think @Bobcat may be the owner. I had one for a few years, but I traded it back for two remarkable brushes. Part of me didn't want to, but it helped my friend have a matching brush and straight razor. So I need to aquire another one in the future I do still have my GDCarrington Brush I won a couple years ago in a PIF. It is amazing as well.
Here is my family picture. All are boar bristle brushes except for the right most SheaMoisture brush. It has a black badger knot. Nothing high-end in my collection. All bought new by me except for the Rubberset (second from the left) which was my Dads' brush. Most expensive brush is probably the Ever-Ready (2nd from right), but I can't remember what I paid for it new. The rest were all under $10. Only 2 brushes are missing. One is a generic brush I got with some shave butter, and may be a horse hair brush. The other is a SheaMoisture Synthetic knot. They work good though.
An Aristocrat (left) & a Nobility (right): The Aristocrat is pure badger while the Nobility is boar.
