Aug. 15, 2022 - Headless Mammoth Hoggin' Day 15
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Wow. I think I'm at a point where I can actually consider my boar soft and comfortable! No, it's not the same kind of soft as my synthetics, but it's different and I love it. I think the increase in comfort is also due to the hairs becoming a lot more pliable when they are wet. I don't like brushes that are too floppy but I'm not on team backbone either, so I think this brush will end up in the goldilocks zone for me. I'm also quite interested in how those lower lofted Zenith scrubby knots feel once they are well broken in. My current boars are all around the 56-57mm loft so I'd like to add a shorter loft for variety. The Semogue Torga C5 is still the front runner because I'd like to own a Semogue as well.
The boar also seems to be holding on to a lot more water than it did a week ago probably from the greatly increased surface area from all the split tips. Today I didn't shake the brush enough and quite a bit of water ran out when I started lathering on the tub. The lather was still amazing but I always feel bad when I see soap running down into my sink when I'm loading.
I'm really enjoying the shape of this phallic (thanks /u/frankieIVfingers) handle and I never noticed until recently that a lot of the Italian boar brushes have this general shape. I must be subconsciously attracted to this shape because the 3 boar brushes I have purchased all turned out to be the same shape without me realizing it. 😂 I find that I have perfect grip and maneuverability if I pinch the handle at the top where it tapers with my thumb and index finger and then wrap my hands around the rest of it and it's extremely comfortable for my small hands. My only complaint is that my wet lathers tend to slowly slide off onto the countertop at the end of each pass, but that happens with a lot of my other brushes as well.
My blade still doesn't seem to be showing any signs of tugging or discomfort. We'll see if things change in a week or two.
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