Thread: A Brush Primer

Originally Posted by oldschooltools

Gibbs,

In defense of the $7 VDH brush...they take time to "break in". An expensive badger brush will lather and feel wonderful from the get go. When the little VDH has had many shaves, the backbone will soften, the hairs will split and it will lather and shave beautifully! My problem is, when I get them right, I give them away! OTOH, I am not going to give my 24X58 silver tip badger to a nephew or cousin. The much maligned little drug store brush has ended up being the genesis for many of the young males in my family to give up aerosol cream and disposable razors and begin wet shaving; for this reason, and others, I love them!

A request....shave with the brush for a few months, then get back to us.

Give a well broken in $7 boar brush --- oh my.

A better solution is to give the beginner (I am betting you give them to beginners)
and include a puck of Williams with the advice that after working through half
a puck of Williams practicing, the beginner will have learned a bit about Lathering
and the $7 brush will be well on its way to being right.

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

Give a well broken in $7 boar brush --- oh my.

A better solution is to give the beginner (I am betting you give them to beginners)
and include a puck of Williams with the advice that after working through half
a puck of Williams practicing, the beginner will have learned a bit about Lathering
and the $7 brush will be well on its way to being right.

Tom (niftyshaving),

A simpler solution albeit, flawed. If the young men (used to instant gratification) don't find the mug and brush more effective than Edge Gel, my bet is they'll go back to the easy way. As an evangelistic wet shaver, I'd rather not end up being the kooky, old, fuddy duddy Uncle trying to foist his arcane ways upon the next generation.

So, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" seems to apply here. The VDH brush, VDH Deluxe (melted w/sandalwood added) and a vintage Gillette safety has worked twice with the jury still out on the third. And, a cousin one generation down is ready to try a straight. I'm willing to put in a little more effort, rather than a bunch of money, in order to "enlighten" them. I did mention that I'm an evangelistic wet shaver?

With sincerest respect,
oldschooltools

Have any SRP members used the Men-u Premiere synthetic shaving brush? I have seen videos on youtube. Let me know please before I go and make another foolish mistake. thanks.