--Vie Long has some excellent horse hair brushes at around $18. http://customshaving.com/shaving-to...ng-pelo-caballo-horse-hair-shaving-brush.html http://customshaving.com/shaving-tools/shaving-brushes/vie-long-12601-horse-hair-shaving-brush.html --I am also very fond of the Semogue 1438 Boar brush at $17 http://www.bullgooseshaving.net/se14bobrshbr.html --Vulfix has an excellent badger brush for $18 http://www.shoeboxshaveshop.com/vu20mibaandb.html
I use a #6 Horse hair from bestshave and it makes me enough lather for 4+ passes. Only two possible problems are bestshaves QC is kinda spotty and you'd need to spend ALOT less than $20.....
The Italian Barber Special Edition Semogue boar. It has The same grade of bristle as Semogue's SOC brushes.
+1 to that. I love mine. Another option is whipped dog. I think its a few dollars more than $20 but you can get a silvertip and they're excellent.
I just bought a brand new Semogue 1305, and I gotta say, I can't imagine anything coming close to beating it at that price point!
Yanno, for about $5.00 more, you could re-knot a vintage / existing handle with a TGN Finest Badger Knot or for a little less, the TGN Synthetic Knot. Both are nice IMHO.
thks for the replys, i ended up buying 2 brush's to try, the omega 10029,, and the italian barber special edition!!!..
oops, I'm late. I would have told you an Omega 81230. I have one and it's great and it's only around 15 bucks.
Im addicted to shaving soap, cream, brush's, aftershave, DE, Razor's...and B&BW..<<.I bought 6 tubes of the c.o bigelow tonight..buy 2 get 1 free..got 3 free tubes,, i cant stop buying...HEELLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!
Vintage blades 2 band badger it's around $30.00 to start but it's fantastic if you like soft gel like tips. http://www.vintagebladesllc.com/vshop/xcart/home.php?cat=240
I've contacted the feds to see if they'll help with a treatment program and fund a halfway house for those who make it that far....maybe some kind of methadone.......
The Omega Boars are on sale at www.shoeboxshaveshop.com http://www.shoeboxshaveshop.com/ombolaseinno.html Now I might have to add to my collection!
If you don't mind waiting a couple of weeks for shipping from China, you can get decent badger hair brushes from aceshaving for cheap. http://www.ebay.com/sch/aceshaving/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50&_trksid=p3686 I got a pure badger plus razor/brush stand for less than $20.00 here.
