Yes, I’ve chosen the 506U N, and I’ve discovered another federation hiccup. In my answer to you six days ago, I had posted this image
of the brush I had ordered, but the image only shows in Mastodon, not in lemmy.
Comment on Wednesday Austere August SOTD Thread - Aug 09, 2023
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 1 year agoYou will see that there is no break in with horse brushes!
Have you already chosen your brush?
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 1 year ago
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 1 year ago
Ah! The handle is great - I think the bristles will be better than mine.
I will probably join you for Straightember, though I don’t believe I will shave every day.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 1 year ago
I have that same handle with an unbleached knot and I love it.
I will probably join you for Straightember
The more, the merrier! 🤗
bmac92@midwest.social 1 year ago
I’ve only ever used synthetic brushes. How do horse brushes compare?
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 1 year ago
I have two horse brushes, a Zenith extra soft - too soft for my taste - and a Semogue C3 Galahad premium horse - which is my favorite brush. I only know Yaqi synthetics (two 24mm tuxedos and a 26mm timberwolf), so I can’t speak with authority on the general difference.
Horse brushes need less soap than boars, but maybe slightly more than a synthetic of equivalent size. They are easy and quick to lather (maybe a bit less easy than synths).
What I really like - in the Semogue - is the scritch they have on the face, which just isn’t there with the synthetics (at least those I know). The Zenith XS is ultrasoft and has no backbone, maybe it’s similar to a mother lode (but I have never tried one).
I have read somewhere that horse brushes compare more to badgers (which I don’t have) than to synthetics. The advantage of horse brushes is that getting a haircut is part of a horse’s normal beauty routine, so the animals are not harmed.
Hope that helps!
bmac92@midwest.social 1 year ago
Thanks! I may look into getting one.