Boar Bristle Shaving Brushes – The Revolution is Here

The wetshaving community is rediscovering boar hair shaving brushes.

Generally, badger hair brushes are considered the standard of quality.

Two forces seem lately to be igniting a trend toward boar brushes: The eroded economy, and a surge in shavers switching to soaps from creams and face lathering the soaps.

While a nice badger hair brush can set you back well over one hundred US dollars, really nice boar brushes are available for less than fifty.

The boar hair tends to be stiffer than badger, lending itself to the rigors of face lathering soap. There is a break in period while the brush offloads its native boar aroma. It also takes a month or so of shaves to split the bristles at the tip and soften the feel of the brush.

The heavy hitter of boar brushes is Omega. They offer a range of knot sizes and lofts. Lately a small outfit in Portugal called Semogue has been generating excitement. Yours truly has a model 2000 Semogue boar brush crossing the pond as I write. To, um, research the emerging trend, yeah, that’s it, that’s the ticket.

Boar brush users swear by their tools. Looks like more shavers are swinging to that side of the fence every day.