Omega 81052 Banded Boar Shaving Brush

When new, it shed some hairs, and continues to, but I'm sold on boar for a shaving brush. The bristles have broken in and are actually softer than my inexpensive vulfix badger! I worked it dry on my palm for a few days to speed up the seasoning process. Always makes a great lather, but I use my courser badger brush if I have a few day's worth of whiskers, because this one is kinda too soft to coat my skin through longer whiskers.

Nice brush, boar will take some time to break in. Excellent, highly recommend.

Quality brush at a low price.

Bought this to replace my van der hagen brush that was falling apart after 1 year.

I've had this brush for just about 4 months now and it has proven to be a great performer. Works well with both soft and hard soaps. Didn't take very long to break-in actually, 7-10 shaves tops. The handle is the only thing that kind of takes a star away for me. It's got a semi hexagon shape to it and kind of short, so when I bowl lather on occasion, it does not give a good grip when your working the lather. For face lathering though, it performs flawlessly. Lost a couple hairs during the first 2-3 shaves, none since. It holds water well, gets softer with use and has good backbone and "scritch" in applying lather. For the price, it's a good brush that won't disappoint......