How to use a Shaving Brush
Firstly ensure that you have prepared the skin by applying hot water to your face, or taking a shower. Apply shaving cream to the face and dip the shaving brush in hot water, shaking off any excess. Massage the cream into the face using the brush until a thick lather is produced (take your time). Work the brush by using a circular motion or brushing against the grain of the stubble.
How an Edwin Jagger Shaving Brush is made
Most of the work is done by hand using traditional tools. An average shaving brush contains approx 14,000 hairs, which are weighed precisely to fit the secure ring that holds the brush together. The bundle of hair is combed to remove any hairs not lying straight. The hairs are then placed tip first into a heavy metal forming block in order to give the distinctive dome shape of a quality brush. The end of the ‘hair bundle’ is tied off securely with strong thread and glued into a ring, which fixes the hairs in the finished shape of the brush.
Types of Badger Hair
Badger hair has been used for more than 2 centuries to make the best shaving brushes. Its quality is graded according to the appearance and softness of the hairs. The cost of any brush reflects the quality and quantity used for the brush.
Silver tip
- Highest quality in shaving brushes worldwide
- Softest, rarest and most expensive
- Finely graded and sorted
- Natural untrimmed silver tips
- The shape of Edwin Jagger silver tip filled brushes is created by hand
- The long hair from the neck of the animal is ultra soft, flexible and provides years of luxurious shaving
Super Badger
- Made from the finer hair from the back of the badger
- Longer and softer than ‘best badger
- Because it is finer than, it requires more hairs to fill a brush
- Presented in a natural fan shape, using the natural hair ends to create the shape and softness
- The badger bundle displays a disnctive black band capped with pure white tips
Best Badger
- Excellent quality pure badger hair, regarded as the benchmark standard for shaving brushes
- The hair is harvested from the majority of the pelt, including the belly
- Generally darker in colour, although the colours of the individual hairs vary from grey and brown to black
- Creates a lather far superior to that resulting from a bristle brush
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