At least he took my advice and stayed away from the canned gels and such.
Recently, I found my box of shaving gear that was put away by SWMBO when I went OTR. It had some cologne samples from Penhaligon's, my other brushes, some creams and soaps. He was now more willing to give a brush a try, but wanted to stay with Proraso cream, as it was familiar, though different from the canned version. Years ago I had put away a second Proraso / Omega brush I had acquired from Target, when they briefly carried Proaso items. This was the first brush I used back then, and his was still in the box waiting for him. He was concerned about the 'wet dog' or more accurately, 'wet pig' smell, so we made a couple of practice lathers with the Proraso cream to tame it. I don't know if he will continue with it going forward, but I did also give him an EJ Best badger I bought for him years ago too. It is an imitation ebony handled version of my first badger with an imitation tortoise shell handle.
I found this image on Amazon of the same model (1EJ876). It is a 21mm knot. medium sized brush. He has not tried it yet, but I hope he will soon.
