i wish i would have spent the extra money and gone with omega for my first brush as it is my introduction to both brushes and boar hair is a VDH...
Just apply that to the cost of an education. Schooling ain't free, you know. Now you know the value of an Omega. :happy096
I agree the Shea Badger is floppy, but not scratchy. I have been contemplating a Boar so that I can get more exfoliation from the brush & more control of the lather (as you mention). However, if you are saying the Boar is softer than the Shea, I am confounded.
Well I am saying that this particular boar brush has soft tips maybe they have some kind of treatment done to them at the factory. I don't know about other boar brushes.