Shaving Brush Types

by James D. Freelancer

The variety and choice of shaving brushes available to the wet shaver are overwhelming, with various bristle types, various managers, various sizes of bristle knot and more.

We have developed this guide to help you navigate through the different types and grades of shaving brushes, hopefully, it will help you pick the ideal brush for you to use to get the very best shave.

SILVERTIP BADGER SHAVING BRUSHES

Silver Tip badger hair, or Super Badger hair, with natural untrimmed silver tips, are the highest quality available in shaving brushes worldwide. The pure coloring, boosted by mindful hand grading and filling, comes from a specialist selection of just the finest hairs from the neck of the animal.

The shape of silvertip filled brushes is developed by hand and is not cut to create the total badger bundle shape. The long hair is ultra soft and very versatile, guaranteeing wet electric razors several years of elegant shaving.

Silver Tip or Super Badger shaving brushes are the extremely best shaving brushes available. They are excellent at lathering up both shaving cream and shaving soap and are extremely soft and gentle on the skin, that makes them ideal if you suffer from sensitive skin.

BEST BADGER SHAVING BRUSHES

It is usually concerned as the benchmark standard of shaving brush manufacturers. The hair is stiffer to the touch and is constantly extremely popular with damp razors who utilize their brush to exfoliate their skin at the exact same time as preparing it for shaving.

A finest badger hair shaving brush is ideal if you like to use shaving soaps, as the stiffer bristles produce a much thicker and richer lather from the shaving soap.

PURE BADGER SHAVING BRUSHES

The Pure Badger shaving brush reveals less color differential along the length of the hair than the splendid Silvertip. This hair is extremely fine and the most typically used in shaving brushes. Pure badger hair shaving brushes are rougher than Silver Tip or Best, making them perfect for shaving soaps and exfoliating the skin.

BOAR HAIR SHAVING BRUSHES

A boar hair shaving brush can take some time to break in as the hairs are really stiff. They do, however, make outstanding brushes for using with shaving soaps, which can require some effort to create an excellent shaving soap.

SYNTHETIC SHAVING BRUSHES

This description is for non-badger/boar/horsehair brushes. Manufactured to the exact same high requirements as badger shaving brushes, vegan as no animal passed away to provide the hair. As soft on the face as a Silvertip badger hair brush.

The finest synthetic hair shaving brushes are on a par with badger hair brushes in terms of softness on the face, lathering abilities and heat and water retention.

TRAVEL SHAVING BRUSHES

A selection of the finest travel shaving brushes available in traditional faux ivory or metal. In many cases, the ingenious manage doubles up as a protective tube once the shaving brush is dismantled, allowing you to delight in the supreme shaving experience even when on your travels. When you're on your journeys, others are smaller sized variations of standard size shaving brushes that fit into a handy tube.

SHAVING BRUSH HANDLE MATERIAL

Generally ivory, shaving brush manages no can be found in a range of various sizes and materials. Many are an artificial resin, which is both durable and waterproof, so will last a lifetime. For more expensive brushes products such as desert ironwood, bog oak and olivewood are utilized to develop stunningly visual brushes.