The Badger Hair Shaving Brush: Is It For You?
The Badger Hair Shaving Brush has its origins in 18th century France, where according to Wikipedia it was ‘a way of asserting one’s personality, or even affluence.’
Now you can do what you want, but if affluence fell out of the sky and landed on me, I’d be all for asserting it. In the meantime [...]
Before We Go Badger: To Lather Or Not To Lather?
It has to be said that the old-fashioned version of wet shaving, i.e. making your own lather with a shaving brush and using a proper straight razor or a double edged razor, will probably take a little longer than hitting the button on a can of shave cream. At least it does for me. So [...]
Badger Hair Brush Grades
The lowest grade of Badger Hair Shaving Brushes is the ‘Pure Badger‘ designation. The hair for this brush comes from the underside of of the animal. The color of this hair can be anywhere from a very dark ebony to a light cream color. There is a tendency of the hair designated as pure badger [...]
Badger Shaving Brushes: My Conclusions
Well, admittedly I am biased. My shaving experience each morning, wet shaving with a double-edged safety razor and using my badger hair brush to whip up a nice generous lather, has been a positive addition to my day. As I say, it’s transformed what used to be a bit of drudgery first thing in [...]