Boar Brush Update

I posted a while back that I’m breaking in a new boar bristle shaving brush.

I was wondering whether my new Semogue 2000 brush was going to lose its rank aroma, start making good lather and live up to the good reputation it’s built in the wet shaving community.

Wow.

This brush is awesome. It’s stiff enough to face lather soap, but the tips are very gentle. It’s now making mounds of lather.

I have adapted the way I make lather with it, to something more like Zach prescribes in the video below:

I’ve also been reading about how the terrific shaving soap Cella has no preservatives and might go bad. I’ve been using mine for over a year and it still has the bitter almond scent I love, but I’m taking no chances. I’m digging into my pot of Cella with the 2000 like there’s no tomorrow. I haven’t had so much fun since I was a kid. Also, I haven’t used a soap so exclusively since I started wet shaving. I think I will actually use up my Cella.

Then, I’ll order more.

Speaking of boar, the Razorbacks of my alma mater THE University of Arkansas got this football season off to a good start by crushing Missouri State. Looks like Ryan Mallett is gonna do well under Bobby-M*ther F#ckin’-Petrino. Go Hogs!