What are you waiting on to arrive...?

Just saw this....awesomelicious!!

 

I'm falling in love with boar bristle brushes . Lol Hope that doesn't sound strange.

 

No to me. You might want to try a horse brush also.

 

Where would be a good place to look for one ?

 

I usually pick mine up at the feed store.

 

Sadly the feed store here only carries feed , I live in a one horse town. ... 3 if you count the 2 foals

 

heheh.

Anyway, I believe that victoriasheng, and ganvillage_green both have horsehair shaving brushes on ebay.

Make sure they've been sterilized.

 

There are several places that sell the Vie-long horse brushes.
BullGoose and maggards to name a few. My favorite is the 12705. Maggards has it at a good price I think.

 

Target sells a Vie-Long horse brush $21 and some change branded for Cremo here in the States.

 

Thanks for your help guys . I read somewhere last night to look for something different about the way the knots are made ( so they don't tangle) . Can anyone educate me further on this ?

 

I just won this Henckels straight.

 

Congrats Jim!

 

Wow. That's a sweet blade

 

No expert, don't yet own a hose hair brush. I've read they are prone to tangling so avoid swirling. Use paint brush strokes. I don't know what the optimum mix is, but some makers will tell the percentage of mane to tail hair used to make the knot.
If you find a vintage horse hair brush be sure it is marked "sterilized".
Hoses hair can/ did/ or still does carry anthrax. All modern brushes are treated to be safe. It's the early 1900's brushes, and specifically during WW1 that it was a problem.

 

I heard of the tangling but wasn't aware of the disease factor of this type .

 

That's one interesting looking "GEM" lol. That's like when people find a DE razor and label it a "Fatboy".

 

That's why you see vintage brushes proudly displaying the word "Sterilized". There are chemical baths and heat treatments that effectively kill the virus. I wouldn't be afraid of a modern brush knot. Just haven't tried one myself. I like the backbone of boar bristle so a floppy horse knot doesn't appeal.

 

I think that's part of why it cost less than $6.

 

If I get some horsehair locally, I have access to an autoclave, so I could make my own knots.