BOTD + GEMonday, July 26th 2021 Brush: Yaqi 24mm timber wolf, excellent lather generator, cloud like soft tips, nice scrubber + great lather painter. Have some great shaves!
BOTD + A.S.Razor shave, July 27th, 2021 Brush: Yaqi Dandi lion 24mm Cashmere knot- excellent lather generator, heavenly cloud like soft tips, mild scrub + great lather painter. Have some great shaves!
Whipped up some Italian Palmolive shaving cream with my brand new Yaqi Aqua High Mountain Silvertip badger hair brush for last night's shave. Shed about 12 hairs in this first go, 8 of which were short, half hairs. Hope this is not the norm for this brush. Never had a brush shed this many hairs over several years, much less in the very first use. Seems quite prickly/scritchy for a High Mountain Silvertip too, even on first use. Hoping it will settle down with more use. It's a beautiful, heavy brush. A water and lather hog for sure. Great for head shaving as it covers a lot of dome real estate!
It has a little prickly feeling at first and I found my 2 band Yaqi brushes not like that and really work well, I soak mine in warm water for about 2> minutes before shaving it helps a little. Mine did not really lose hairs with the 24mm HM silver tip and did not have really any badger smell. I got mine on sale price to take a chance on this silver tip as all my badger brushes.
DE SOTD. July 28th 2021 Brush: Yaqi 2 band badger barber pole handle, excellent lather generator, pillow like soft tips, great scrub, great lather painter. Have some great shaves!
Yes, got mine in their recent sale for $36 instead of the regular $46. It didn't have any smell to it so that was nice. I just figure once it stops shedding and gets broken in good, it will no doubt be one of my favorite brushes.
BOTD, Thur, July 29th 2021 Brush: Yaqi Moka Express 24mm syn, excellent lather generator, heavenly cloud like soft tips, gentle scrub + great lather painter. Have some great shaves!
BOTD, Friday, July 30th 2021 Brush: Yaqi 26mm 2 band badger, nice brush if you like larger knots, excellent lather generator, pillow soft tips, nice scrub + great lather painter. Have some great shaves!
BOTD. July 31st, 2021 Brush: Yaqi high mountain silvertip 24mm 2 band badger, excellent lather generator, pillow soft tips, nice scrubber, excellent lather painter. Have some great shaves!
BOTD + Sunday Schick shave, Aug 1st 2021 Brush: Yaqi Artic sky 24mm synthetic, excellent lather generator, heavenly cloud like soft tips, nice scrub, great lather painter. Have some great shaves!
And this is why I will not buy a badger hair brush. Don't get me wrong it is a good looking brush but......
BOTD + MMMonday, Aug 2nd 2021 Brush: Yaqi 24mm tuxedo knot there is something about brush that is perfect for my face lathering, excellent lather generator. heavenly cloud like soft tips, nice scrubber, excellent painter. Have some great shaves!
BOTD + ASRazor shave, Aug 3rd 2021 Brush: Omega 10005 boar brush, great lather creator, soft tips, excellent scrubber + good painter. Have some great shaves!