SHAVING BRUSH GUIDE

Find your way among the different brush heads

When choosing a shaving brush, it is important to consider the material of the brush head to achieve the best results. Choosing the right brush head material is essential for creating a tailored and comfortable shaving experience.

Badger hair

Badger hair, such as pure badger, best/fine badger, super badger and silvertip badger, offer different levels of softness and absorbency of water, with silvertip badger being the premium variant due to its softness and incredible absorbency.

Synthetic bristles

Synthetic bristles, including black fibres and silver tip fibres, offer durability and quick-drying properties without the use of pet hair. An excellent choice, for example, if you are hypersensitive or for other reasons do not want to choose animal products.

Pure bristle / Wild boar bristles

Wild boar bristles are an option with their sturdy bristles that help to exfoliate the skin and distribute natural oils. Significantly coarser and harder at least in the beginning than badger hair is. But at the same time, a significantly cheaper alternative.

Choose the right handle

Handles made of hard-pressed and polished resin, often of the epoxy type, is a hard and durable synthetic material that is common among shaving brushes. This is because it can be dyed to look like various nobler materials such as ivory, ebony, horn, tortoiseshell and more.

Synthetic material (resin, epoxy and similar)

A handle made of synthetic material is usually the cheapest to produce. It is also the material that has the greatest opportunities to create a handle that suits you and your taste. When it comes to handles made of synthetic materials, the possibilities are almost endless in terms of colours, shapes and patterns. Everything from black or white simply shaped handles to handles in nice more advanced designs or with different patterns, everything from different colors to, for example, tortoise shells.

Synthetic material is recommended by the Shaving Brush Guide for those who want a lot of choice when it comes to color and pattern on your handle. And at a low price. Synthetic materials are also recommended by the shaving brush guide as they can make completely vegan shaving brushes along with synthetic bristles.

Wooden handle

Available in a variety of types such as African blackwood, black oak, olive wood, plum wood and more. The trees are of course sustainably grown. For those who want something extra, wood is really a good choice. Almost all shaving brushes with wooden handles have a matching safety razor.

Wooden handles are recommended by the Shaving Brush Guide for those who want a genuine and natural material for their shaving brush. Who may want to match your shaving brush together with a safety razor with a wooden handle.

Metal handle

Metal, usually chromed brass, is probably the most durable of all materials for handles. It simply doesn’t get any harder than this. The weight also does its part for those who want a slightly heavier shaving brush that really feels in the hand. The metal is usually silver-colored, but rose gold and other gold mixtures also occur.

Handles made of metal are recommended by the Shaving Brush Guide for those who want a slightly heavier material with high strength. For those who want to feel a real weight in their hand when shaving.

Other materials such as horn and porcelain

Antlers, usually made of sustainably farmed African buffalo, are an excellent choice for those who want something very special when it comes to handles, who do not settle for substitutes and artificial materials.

Porcelain handles are rare but do occur. Like real horns, this is really a material for those who want something very special, who do not settle for substitutes but who also do not want material from animals.

Handles made of horn and porcelain are recommended by the Shaving Brush Guide for those who want something very special. In addition, a classic exclusive material that has been used for shaving brushes for many hundreds of years.