How many brushes?

Hey Johnnie,

Good to see ya here!! I agree with you on the brush thing, I'm looking at a Rooney and a new Shavemac...

 

Thanks Neale. Sizin' up a Simpson Duke or a Chubby 2

 

Sounds good, Let me know how you like it

 

I've got a Simpson, a Shavemac and two Rooneys. Actually it's been months since I bought a new brush. Hmmmmm..........

 

• Wilkinson boar
• C&E Travel brush
• eShave closeout pure scritchy badger
• Buffalo pure badger

Just tried the Buffalo today (it is a vintage brush). It says pure badger on the handle, but the look of the bristles is different. At first I thought it was a boar brush, but no...first shave this morning with it, and lovely soft bristles, no scratchiness as I would expect from something labelled pure badger.

 

OK, you can add the B&B Finest Silvertip Badger Ebony Brush to the list. Yippee! It's officially 5 now.

 

Currently have 5 brushes + 1 more on the way

At one point had 9 brushes. Some brushes had to make way for Str8 habit

 

I've paired it down to:
Alexandre HMW (Plisson)- my everyday goto brush. Basically perfect.

French travel brush- Euro Grey, small and scrubby.

Everything else is being sold off.

 

OK, it's over ten now.

Concord Shear Cobalt Long Handle Bulb Badger Shave Brush
Crabtree & Evelyn Edwin Jagger Made Brass & Faux Ebony Best Badger Shave Brush Crabtree & Evelyn Edwin Jagger Made Small Best Badger Brush
Crabtree & Evelyn XSmall Badger Brush
Edwin Jagger Limited Edition Finest Silvertip Badger Faux Ebony Shave Brush
Kent BK4 Small Ivory Silver Tip Badger Shaving Brush
Omega Boar Bristle and Chrome Handle Shave Brush
Rooney 22mm Style 2 Small Ivory Super Silvertip Badger Shave Brush
Shavemac 23mm Handmade Nickel Ivory Pure Badger Shave Brush
Target Caldo Badger Chrome and Plastic Shave Brush
Tweezerman Wood Handle Badger Shave Brush
Van de Hagen Boar Hair and Wood Handle Shave Brush

Oh, and a Kent BK8 in transit.
I've asked Shavemac to quote me on a custom brush. We'll see what they come back on for cost.

 

Here at home I have four brushes in rotation:

-SCS best badger (works great with soaps)
-BOCK silvertip
-SMF II (Shavemac) silvertip (works with soaps and creams)
-OMEGA pure (black) badger (for creams)

At my GF's home:

-TRISA silvertip (that is more a cream brush, the badger hair is very soft)

 

My collection is growing slowly.

Those f'n Simpsons ain't cheap :rofl

 

Let us know when you go bankrupt and have a fire sale. :signs136

 

I recently thinned out my collection..

What Im left with is:

1 Wilkinson Boar
2 Muehle SuperBadgers (My goto brushes)
1 Muehle SilverTip
1 Merkur Futur SilverTip
1 Vintage BestBadger

Of the above I could not live without is my Supers.. I find them superior to soaps.. And I rarely use creams..

 

I purchased these to use, so just a few, but nice nonetheless.

Plisson HMW No. 12 with horn handle
Plisson EW No. 12 with clear acrylic handle
Plisson EG No. 14 with black acrylic handle
Simpson Tulip 1 in super
Kent BK4 (coming soon . . . )
ShaveMac SMF I (my wife's brush, but she lets me borrow it)
Rooney's Finest style 3/size 1

 

My road to the ideal brush has been long and expensive. I have tried many brushes, including the gigantic Kent BK12, several Simpson's, a Plisson HMW, SR 3226, and others. But I have finally settled on two brushes (plus a small travel brush) that fulfill all my requirements. I find the Rooney Style 1 medium finest a superb cream brush. For soaps, my favorite is the Rooney Style 3 small finest. With these two brushes, I have lost interest in acquiring any more.

 

Welcome Mark! Nice to meet a satisfied man.

 

I only have three

Kent BK8
B&B Finest Silvertip in Horn
Vulfix #2233

But in my own defense, I only started in April 2007.

 

Nice start though.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome. Good to be here. I just recently came accross this forum.