Brush of the day BOTD

[Occams Razor]

I have been using a very, very rough supermarket special boar bristle brush marketed as a Red Berry, and replaced it a few months ago with an equally prickly synthetic version by the same company.

 

[Occams Razor]

One try of a Yaqi synthetic has changed my (shaving) life for the better.

 

[Razorboy]

 

[Razorboy]

 

[Razorboy]

 

[adrian ivanovici]

FRANK SHAVING
Received my order today.
The knot is ready for use after one soap wash.
Medium backbone and density, soft feel.
Lathers good, it is not hogging lather.
The "manchurian" two band finest badger is of good quality.
Execution on making the knot is mass-market: has a glue bump.
Although it serves it's purpose without problems, for Wet Shaving enthusiasts I don't recommend. The existence of the glue bump is what differentiate a mass-market product from a nish craftsmanship like Oumo, Boti, Simpson.

Also received a small synthetic wooden brush with a brush stand.

 

[TobyC]

 

[TobyC]

 

[Okku]

 

[adrian ivanovici]

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One strange looking badger.

 

[R181]

One strange looking badger.

How so? To me it looks like a 3-band silvertip badger.

Bob

 

[Cmurst586]

One of my favorites!

 

[Johnny Bravo]

My lovely Pearlescent Highlander brush, one of four in my collection.
I tried to capture the shimmer but the photo just doesn't do it justice.
@gile always delivers.

 

[gile]

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My lovely Pearlescent Highlander brush, one of four in my collection.
I tried to capture the shimmer but the photo just doesn't do it justice.
@gile always delivers.

Thanks mate. That one is sandblasted making it even harder to catch on photo.

 

[adrian ivanovici]

#mailcall
BOTI_Shaving

We all have 24-26mm shaving brushes.
I bring to your attention the 2 new brushes from BOTI:
20mm, loft 50mm, bulb CF3B
20mm, loft 46mm, CF3B fan
Inspired by the experience with Berkeley, and the disappointment on the quality of the knot, I felt the need to experiment with variations of small knots with small lofts, as the lathering on the face is different.
I'm going to test them next.
The 50mm loft one had a glueing error by Boti using too much glue, which raised the loft.
But because they offered me a generous refund for this technical error, I also financed the 2nd brush whose loft I set to 46mm, the glue used being Moment Fix.

CAN'T WAIT TO PUT THEM TO USE!
Later edit: also door delivery in Europe in 2 weeks. Boti also sends photos and approval for sending the custom brushes. Great customer experience with them.