Viking Revolution Badger Hair Shaving Brush- Shave Brush for Wet Shave Using Shaving Cream Soap- Best Shave of

I have been wet shaving for several years and have tested many badger brushes over the last decade. I tend to look for a few things when using them. 1. The quality of the handle. 2. The quality of the bristles. 3. The quality in assembly. 1. Quality of the handle: This badger brush handle seems to be made of high quality materials. The paint is thick (in a good way) and consistent. It has a nice shape in the hand and is easy to grip, even if your hands are wet. Good stuff. 2. Quality of the bristles: The thing that I like about this badger brush is that the bristles are nicely shaped and have a good thickness to them. They are immediately soft out of the box (well, tube really) and don't smell nearly as bad as many other brushes I've used. **Disclaimer - if you've never used a badger brush before, they tend to smell like a weird funk. I like to wash them with warm water and peppermint soap in order to help curb that. It will eventually fade.** That being said, I think the smell went away after the first or second use, so great job there. 3. Quality of the assembly: This goes along with the other two parts of the equation, but this brush is assembled very well. It has a nice steel ring where the bristles meet the handle and in a month and a half, I've hardly had any bristles fall out. I would say that it is completely normal for bristles to fall out after use, since they are glued to the handle and over time the stress of use can cause them to break off. This brush seem very well suited for long term use and the bristles are well secured. Actual use: I've tested this with their shaving cream, as well as a bar of shaving soap. It functions as it should and creates a great lather quickly. Pro tip, when you are working on your second or third pass, be sure to squeeze the bristles from the base of the handle and pull through your hand. This will ensure you get the best shaving cream from the center of the brush. Overall, I'd give this one a 10 out of 10. I've enjoyed using the brush in combination with the stainless steel bowl and their sandalwood shaving cream. Read more

I like the brush and its quality. Other brushes I have purchased the bristles get very stiff after a couple of uses. This one so far has remained quite soft. I find it a pleasure to shave with and would recommend Read more

The brush sheds some bristles even months later and is a little uncomfortable if you use it the wrong way (you should brush with the side, not the tips of the bristles). But it’s well made and dries completely even if dried upright. Handle is comfortable and I’m overall pretty happy with it. Other than shedding (which is just a cosmetic issue, really) I don’t know how it could be improved. Read more

TLDR: Buy this brush immediately. THE PART YOU DO WANT TO READ: After many years being a consumer of all the best products in the wet sagging world and a few years of sporting a beard, I went back to shaving. After spending hundreds— maybe thousands— of dollars on gear when I was originally shaving, it was all lost in a move. Fast forward to now and I needed a brush. I wasn’t sure if I was going to keep shaving, so I got this one. Honestly, the only expectation I had for this brush was to be let down (I even had a very popular short, fat brush in my cart ready to go). FWIW, I waited over a month before reviewing this and you’ll be hard pressed to find reviews by me. THE REVIEW: Buy it. Seriously. I’ve gone through all of the big names in brushes (even had an Mühle prototype brush that was never released) and this lil $10 brush is THE JAM. Very few hairs lost. That new brush stench wasn’t bad at all. Bristles weren’t too stiff out of the box. The brush holds the literal perfect amount of water and picks up the right soap. It’s soap enough for a face lather, yet stiff enough for a puck and bowl. Also, I have extremely sensitive (I’m talking more sensitive than the high school freshman living under my roof) skin and have yet to Even had any redness or that irritating itch/burn associated with chlamydia, I mean razor burn. There’s no logical reason this brush is only $10 and if you actually want a good shave for the value rather than trying to impress people with your ridiculously expensive “SOTD” photos on unnamed forums. Read more

This brush does a great job of creating lather in the mug, and massaging the whiskers and pores when lathering up. Is it ultra soft? No, but it has enough density to really stimulate the pores and help prepare the face, without feeling scratchy. Even though it comes with a nice cardboard packing tube, I would not select this brush for travel. It needs to be rinsed and air-dried between uses. Shaving then shoving into a travel kit would, I think, do a disservice to the natural bristles. Probably better to use a plastic handled, synthetic brush on the road; it'd be less likely to grow nasties when sitting in the case. Like your travel toothbrush, a synthetic brush could be sanitized in the dishwasher between trips. Save this lovely natural one for use at home. Read more

After having this brush since October I figure it’s finally time for a review for the brush. It’s good at what it does for how much it is even if it isn’t the softest brush I’ve seen, but it will definitely get the job done. I’ve just now started to have hairs falling out every now and then, but not often. Overall it’s a decent brush especially for the price. Update: After using a synthetic brush for the same price from another company I would have to say using this brush again felt not so good. I have stated before that it isn't the softest, but it does get the job done event if it doesn't feel the best. It does work well for samples that come in smaller containers due to the smaller sized knot for the brush compared to other options if you don't want to scoop some out of the smaller container. To me the best use of the brush is to clean all the extra shaving soap out of a container that doesn't have enough in it to use for a full shave, but is hard enough to get out on it's own. I have done this for multiple containers and so far has been the best option I've tried. Read more