ABOUT BOAR HAIR SHAVING BRUSHES
Boar Hair or Just " BRISTLE " Shaving Brushes have stronger hairs than Badger Hairs which gives them more " Backbone " or hair stiffness and a much greater feel on the face when lathering.
Having stronger hairs means they more effectively / quickly create lather from hard Shaving Soaps.
After between 10-30 uses the tips of each of the hairs start splitting making the Brush tips as soft / luxurious as a Badger Brush while maintaining the stronger bristle strength creating to many a much more preferred feel when lathering.
Boar Hair Brushes when new can have a slight smell to them when they are wet for the first few uses but the smell soon disappears - NOTE : Many are received without any odour too.
Boar Hair Shave Brushes work perfectly from new but will get softer after about 20-40 Shaves so do not judge their quality until you have used them quite a bit.
Boar Hair Shave Brushes 'might' lose a few hairs each use for the first month - if your brush continues to shed hairs after a month enquire about a replacement Brush.
Boar Hair Brushes also require that you soak the hair tips in WARM ( not hot ) water for about 10 minutes before each use to soften the Boar hairs - this is important and if you do not pre soak them the hairs will start breaking off. Boar Hair Brush Bristles also absorb & hold a great deal of water ( high water retention ) in the fibres when pre-soaking them before a Shave, which makes the lather stay very warm as you apply it to your face = Great Face Feel !
Make sure you properly dry your Brush after each use by first thoroughly rinsing out the Brush with cold or warm tap water ( not hot ), gently shaking out excess water, gently squeezing the Brush Knot with a dry towel ( without pulling on the Knot or hairs ) and then leaving out in the open to dry - some people hang the Brushes upside down to dry but we have found this is not necessary. Any Boar Hair Shave Brush can take between 1.5 and 2 days to ' completely ' dry out after each Shave. The smaller the Shave Brush Knot the quicker it can dry.
You can clean them once a month by gently washing them with shampoo and repeating the steps to dry the Brush.