I'm looking for an affordable brush that won't shed. I'm now DE shaving and shedding was actually one of the things that turned me off of SE shaving, a stray hair really messes with my shave. I've been bitten before as the original brush I had was actually pretty expensive but would shed 3-6 hairs every time.
Check out Whipped dog. I have one of Larry's silvertips and its a great brush. He is a grear guy to deal with great customer service. ....
Yup. I've never used Whipped Dog, but I have yet to hear anything negative. Also check out Omega brushes. Great reputation 'round these parts.
If you like brushes without much reputation for 'splay,' then Omega is a very good choice. For those who prefer their brush splays out after use, Semogue brushes get high marks around here. Whipped Dog is, as mentioned, highly recommended. Simpsons brushes are more expensive, but do come with a good warranty, so if they start to shed, you can contact them about it and they should be able to resolve any problems.
I love the inexpensive brushes from Turkey, at bestshave.net. At $2.65 I've bought a few for gifts. I rotate with a Vie-Long horse, a Frank's badger from China and the boar from bestshave and have had no loss on any of them.
I agree with whipped dog. Larry is a delight to work with and will help u get the knot size and loft u need. I have had from 24-30 from Larry and it's a great value. I'll also throw in the golden nib. Their 2 band finest if a great value as well and they have handles on hand to assemble. The tgn knot has more backbone but the whipped dog silvertip is a very plush experience. U can't go wrong with either in my opinion.
Badgers I have that did not shed at all were from Thater, Kent, VP Leonhardy and silvertip versions from Vulfix (not super)
Every brush I have used sheds a few hairs every now and then. It would help if you gave us a price range and brush characteristics (soft vs. scritchy, backbone vs. floppy, boar vs. badger vs. horse, etc.) Of the two brushes I currently own, my Omega boar travel brush sheds more than my Dovo 918052 pure badger. The Dovo rarely sheds and has a much higher grade knot than most other pure badgers (I suspect it really isn't "pure badger" at all). They usually cost about $70-$80. This vendor has them on Amazon for only $42, an incredible deal! I bought my brush seven years ago at a brick and mortar store, and paid $69 for it. The Superior Shave has long carried them, and currently sells them for $82. the brush is rather soft and floppy, in case that makes a difference.
This. The Omega S Brush is a great value, although the Plisson is the universal favorite, particularly now that they are being stocked again.
Shaver X is correct. You need to determine your user mode in order to narrow down the brush search. Here is how to determine your user mode. 1. Do you want to face lather, bowl lather, or both? 2. Do you want to have strong backbone, moderate backbone, or weak backbone? 3. Do you want ultra soft tips, tips that are soft with slight scritch, tips with moderate scritch, or tips that ex-foliate strongly (close to stratch)? 4. Do you want natural or synthetic? 5. If you want natural do you want Badger, Boar or Horse? Now please answer all five of these questions (unless you choose synthetic in question #4 then you can skip #5). At that point we can better deal with what you really want in your price range with a better understanding what what your parameters are rather than by haphazard guessing.
"Scritchy" being slang for "scratchy", aren't they the same thing? Regardless, your questions are right on the money.
Scritchy is a milder level of scratchy, maybe 1/2 scratchy. The difference may be found between many pure badger grades (scratchy) versus finest badger (scritchy). Some hairs and fibers will scratch versus others which only have a hint of that characteristic.
I don't think everyone realizes that or uses the same definition of "scritchy", hence my comment. Just a thought, for whatever it is worth.
I just got a Plisson synthetic and I really like it. I like the synthetics better than natural hair because it's easier and faster to build a lather (at least for me anyway).
