what's your favorite shaving brush and why?

[Amir]

Was that ordered from Shavemac directly? If so how long ago? I am interested in a stiffer Shavemac, used for face lathering with creams.

Shavemac makes terrific build-from-scratch brushes. Owner Bernd Blos is very accomodating.
Here are the specs for mine, which has plenty of backbone:

SHAVEMAC
23 mm Silvertip D01
Knot Shape: Fan Shape
Hair length ( Loft): 50 mm
Shape:102

- I would also recommend a Rooney 3/1 Super Silvertip. Mine has a 22mm knot diameter, 47mm brush loft.
- Or a Simpson Duke 2, Best Badger, with similar qualities/dimensions.

I also have two larger, more luxurious brushes from Morris & Forndran (from the enigmatic Lee Sabini):

- L7 Butterscotch 26/49 2-band hybrid fan blonde badger
- XL2 Tortoise 28/50 blonde hybrid bulb

I face lather with soaps, like D.R. Harris, Mitchell's Wool Fat, Tabac, etc.

 

[robrinay]

A vintage badger hair set in stagshorn I bought from a vegetarian antique dealer who believed it was faux badger and plastic. I didn't enlighten him until I'd paid as I worried he'd burn it rather than sell to me