Nightguard
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Pretty much the same experience as me, although I've only had 5 or 6 of them.I had 12 of them. All sold or given away. Nice looking, but complete rubbish after regular use.
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Pretty much the same experience as me, although I've only had 5 or 6 of them.I had 12 of them. All sold or given away. Nice looking, but complete rubbish after regular use.
Thanks for the help guys. I was mainly looking at the SG site since shipping from there is probably going to be the cheapest/fastest. Unfortunately they appear to be out of omega brushes. Think this is the cheapest brush they have at the moment : https://www.doubleedgeshavingplace.com/product/semogue1305
How does semogue compare to omega?
YMMV - I prefer Semogue Boar over any synthetic
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Omega or Zenith. Zenith breaks in quicker but the Omega has more backbone. Plenty of scrub in both but not much scritch.
I defer to y'all experience cos' I ain't used nothin else but Semogue 1460 Boar. It was my first "decent" brush and still used daily after 3 years. Seems to have more spine than any of the synthetics I've triedThey're worse that the "Pure Badger" that he has now, like using a bare handle and pretending there's bristles on your face.
Synths are soft, messy, and spineless. Like painting with a car sponge and end up with lather up your nose, in your ears and half way down your chest.
The Synths you're talking about sound like the Yellow/plisson type fibres. They are crap. The Silvertip V2 fibre as found in the Epsilons and Jaggers brushes is better. You're still not going to get scrub like a boar or badger, but that's overrated when you're getting a better quality lather. Scrubbing only does so much to soften beards. Lather provides the glide and protection.
Hi all, just to demonstrate Semogue Boar after 1000 shaves has more spine than Muhle STF
Same 125ml tub on each. LHS Boar and RHS Synthetic
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Side by side with a generous Squadron 125gm on each
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Does the stiffer bristle and lack of splay indicate more backbone?
YMMV and techniqueSynths are quick, easy, consistent and make more and better lather with barely any effort.
Agreed, wet noodle is a good analogy, but al dente' and springy not sloppy. Isn't that evidence of how much water it can absorb. I don't pre-soak like a badger.The synthetic is the same wet or dry, the boar will act like noodles, stiff when dry, soft and floppy when wet.
YMMV and technique