On stepping up my shaving efforts with my first DE razor I thought it might be about time I ditched the brush I bought from the hardware chain Wilko's for a whole 50 shiny pennies and get myself something a bit more badgery.
Unfortunately the first thing my son asked me on finding out about my potential badger acquisition was, “Is it like with sheep, do the badgers not mind being shaved when it's hot ?â€
I hadn't thought about it, previously, I kind of assumed the badgers might be persuaded to part with their bristles by gentle persuasion or at least some form of mutually advantageous action like shearing but I imagine this is not the case. (It isn't, yeah?)
I considered suggesting that these were Chinese badgers not the lovely English badgers we all know from Wind in the Willows, and that those Chinese badgers had it coming to them! But it's just not the kind of logic y'd want to instil into a small boy.
So, unless someone has a more convincing argument I'm going to be buying one of these new Muhle Silvertip Fibre things. I've read reviews that suggest it's not really upto silvertip badger standards but then I wasn't going to buy silver tip anyway and it's a very reasonable 25.50 from Connaught.
I do have a specific question about these synthetic brushes though, does it matter if they're not completely dried? I travel a bit and I have a stainless bowl with a rubber lid to carry the soap around in, would it be ok to stuff a wholly synthetic brush in there with the slightly damp soap ? I'd prefer to keep all the bits in the one container (not the razor of course) or I'm bound to leave something behind, err, probably the razor to be honest.
Unfortunately the first thing my son asked me on finding out about my potential badger acquisition was, “Is it like with sheep, do the badgers not mind being shaved when it's hot ?â€
I hadn't thought about it, previously, I kind of assumed the badgers might be persuaded to part with their bristles by gentle persuasion or at least some form of mutually advantageous action like shearing but I imagine this is not the case. (It isn't, yeah?)
I considered suggesting that these were Chinese badgers not the lovely English badgers we all know from Wind in the Willows, and that those Chinese badgers had it coming to them! But it's just not the kind of logic y'd want to instil into a small boy.
So, unless someone has a more convincing argument I'm going to be buying one of these new Muhle Silvertip Fibre things. I've read reviews that suggest it's not really upto silvertip badger standards but then I wasn't going to buy silver tip anyway and it's a very reasonable 25.50 from Connaught.
I do have a specific question about these synthetic brushes though, does it matter if they're not completely dried? I travel a bit and I have a stainless bowl with a rubber lid to carry the soap around in, would it be ok to stuff a wholly synthetic brush in there with the slightly damp soap ? I'd prefer to keep all the bits in the one container (not the razor of course) or I'm bound to leave something behind, err, probably the razor to be honest.