Wednesday SOTD Thread - August 2, 2023 (sub.wetshaving.social)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I really like my Zenith XS horse brush. I could use it every day and be really happy.

Unlike PorkTater, I wouldn't say it has a "total lack of backbone", but yeah the tips can be though of that way. I think the core/bottom of the knot has more support than some super soft badgers, like silvertips.

The reason you only hear bad things about them is because 95% of them are bad, scratchy garbage that you can only love if you think you're saving animals from abuse. So that opinion is fairly obtained, at least.

The XS from Zenith is a different ... ahem... animal, though. I think the mane hair is softer, but has more flop. And the tail hair is what has that stiffness and scratch. It could be the opposite. But they change the brushes feel, for different models, by varying the percentages of where they take the hair. I don't know what magic LSD-fueled unicorn they pluck the hairs from for the XS, but I love it.

If my own XS was getting as much love as it deserved, I'd offer to buy Pork's XS from him, but I just have too many brushes.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

@sgrdddy
Thanks, good to hear your take as well. I completely neglected the premium house brush discussion on the sub and here, apparently.

I've now ordered a non-xs Zenith horse, and it's 50 % horse mane, 50 % pony tail. I may have to try an xs too, later on😄

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