I have received a Simpson Sommerset (gorgeous by the way) Harvard 3 best badger from member AABCDS, and with it came this brush instructions (something that Vulfix should consider to add again with the brushes) where you can clearly see how Simpson recommended to use the brush while making lather on the face.I have found myself,and thanks to the video that I add from du212,that painting strokes works really well,even better than I was expecting it and I can use pure badger brushes with no fear of exfoliating or irritating my skin really bad.
These are some pics of the instructions :
And this is the video of du212 making lather with painting strokes.He uses Palmolive shaving stick,and almost shave with the lather he made using his hands,but later makes the painting strokes and create a lot of lather (the video is in spanish,but really easy to understand and watch)
Pretty cool and a great piece of history. However, I like to swirl my brushes, even Simpsons and it works better IMO. But nonetheless, it's very cool that we can get a glimpse into how Alexander Simpson wished his brushes to be used.
I saw this one as well..I guess HOT water was considered fine for brushes then,I wonder if simpsons still maintains that it is harmless to the brush and handle ?
diggity wrote:Pretty cool and a great piece of history. However, I like to swirl my brushes, even Simpsons and it works better IMO. But nonetheless, it's very cool that we can get a glimpse into how Alexander Simpson wished his brushes to be used.
diggity wrote:Pretty cool and a great piece of history. However, I like to swirl my brushes, even Simpsons and it works better IMO. But nonetheless, it's very cool that we can get a glimpse into how Alexander Simpson wished his brushes to be used.
Ummm....have been saying this for a while!!
Gary
I know, Gary.....sometimes a dead horse needs to be beaten around these parts
i better change my thought process. starting tomorrow, SIDE TO SIDE painting strokes
thanks Teiste and Gary.
Don't worry - I've haply ignored these instructions for years and never had issues. HL Thater brushes, by the way, come with quite different instructions. Its personal preference. If you want a brush to last forever, probably go with paint motions, if you want the best lather, do what you want/have to to get it - a brush is just a tool for making/applying lather, after all.
Which raises the obvious question - do the same instructions apply to horse hair brushes? Horses whirl their tails around, so they can probably take swirling in a dish of soap as well.
blantyre wrote:Which raises the obvious question - do the same instructions apply to horse hair brushes? Horses whirl their tails around, so they can probably take swirling in a dish of soap as well.
Maybe! Just think about a badger for a second though...not that I would consider stroking a live badger an enjoyable experience or a wise suggestion, but I would rather stroke a badger with a gentle paintbrush motion than a harsh circular motion.....!
blantyre wrote:Which raises the obvious question - do the same instructions apply to horse hair brushes? Horses whirl their tails around, so they can probably take swirling in a dish of soap as well.
Maybe! Just think about a badger for a second though...not that I would consider stroking a live badger an enjoyable experience or a wise suggestion, but I would rather stroke a badger with a gentle paintbrush motion than a harsh circular motion.....!
Gary
Now that's just funny! I'm laughing trying to picture that in my mind! Better not be a honey badger!
Gary I stroked a badger pelt in a taxidermist shop out of curiosity and found it quite soft. I've also been in the presence of a live wild one and wouldn't touch it with a bargepole.
Squire wrote:Gary I stroked a badger pelt in a taxidermist shop out of curiosity and found it quite soft. I've also been in the presence of a live wild one and wouldn't touch it with a bargepole.
was it an american badger or an asian/european badger? the two are very different
Gil
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The bigger issue for me is... how do you generate lather from a hard soap puck like MWF or Tabac without vigorously swirling the brush on the puck for a good while? If hard swirls are bad, then the hard swirls on the puck must be really bad?
I do find that my badger brushes don't like swirling abuse as much as my boars. When I aggressively swirl, the badger brushes seem to lose hair while the boars do not (after they are broken-in that is).
