The Semogue brush you have brought is a fine brush indeed, it will give you many years of good service.After hunting for a new badger brush (previously using an Edwin jagger best badger bought of Amazon exclusively for 3 months) I settled on ‘the best’ I could afford…my thought process was if I buy ‘the best’ then I wont fall into the trap of buying lots of brushes!….So I bought a Semogue finest badger/boar mix brush as a safety net haha
I have a propensity to collect stuff so hopefully this will prevent the need or at least suppress the itch for a while!
Got to say…the Chubby 2 best badger is such an incredible brush….face lathering wonder.
If you feel a sudden urge to recommend any other brushes or synthetic ‘wonder brushes’ please set an alarm for 13 days minimum….next pay day haha
Small confession….Bought a Simpsons Synthetic (Synthetic bristle) Chubby 2 of a member here to use while traveling and when on business but that doesn't count!….starting again from now!
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You'll fit in fine hereI have a propensity to collect stuff
I hope so! Only used it twice until now but I love the scritch, size of the knot and the handle! Now to break it in!The Semogue brush you have brought is a fine brush indeed, it will give you many years of good service.
Paul.
Haha…3 months in and I have the ‘bug’….I have a feeling its down hill from here!You'll fit in fine here
Haha…3 months in and I have the ‘bug’….I have a feeling its down hill from here!
Said like a fellow addict haha! Good to meet you @donnie_arkoThis is where you belong.
I traded a best badger (by executive shaving) for a chubby 2 synth brush with @Blademonkey and use that most of the time now. My badgers have taken a back seat.Small confession….Bought a Simpsons Synthetic (Synthetic bristle) Chubby 2 of a member here to use while traveling and when on business but that doesn't count!….starting again from now!
Interesting! I have only been at this for 3 months so very much an amateurs perspective below!I traded a best badger (by executive shaving) for a chubby 2 synth brush with @Blademonkey and use that most of the time now. My badgers have taken a back seat.
I predominantly face lather. I don't swirl the brush on my fast, I do use fast painting strokes i guess with a little pressure. I did use only badgers for 15 years, mostly with creams. I had a difficult soap and someone on here suggested using a synth brush. A razorock, which needed a lot of pressure and splay. That was just OK until I recently got the chubby 2 synth. But, everyone is different. Do what feels right for you.Interesting! I have only been at this for 3 months so very much an amateurs perspective below!
The first two brushes that I bought were the Omega Roma (Omegas answer to the Simpsons Trafalgar I believe) and the Edwin Jagger best badger. I almost always reached for the badger….something about the ritual of soaking prior to shaving, being able to scrub the face, the scritch….I always suffered from bad ingrown hairs prior to switching over to DE Razors so the slightly extra exfoliation properties of badger is what attracts me I think.
Before pulling the trigger on the Simpson Chubby 2 BB I read and researched a lot and it seems to fit exactly what I am looking for and my current ‘style’ of predominantly face lathering.
How do you find the Synthetic is with face lathering? I know Simpsons say to use painting stokes rather than splaying the brush….probably mistaken in assuming it would not fit the bill but that is what put me off initially. However thought I should at least try a high end synth before assuming anything or closing that door.
Stupid question alert: Can you scrub with the Simpsons Synthetic or will this damage the knot? Reduce its intended performance?
Sam