Feather AC DX non-folding with Pro blade (6)
Monsavon Bol a Raser
Nonno's boar brush
Re-lather and cold rinse
We recently put Dad into a dementia specific care facility - a very difficult process. Going through his things we found the brush on the right (on the left is my Proraso brush for comparison), which he kept from his Dad in Italy (who I only met once that I can remember on a trip back to the old country in my youth). Being an electric shaver all his life, it has sat unused for decades. I'm guessing it is a very well used boar brush of Nonno's from around the 60s - you can see the hole in the middle of the brush where it has been worn down. A lot of the tips are split half way down the bristle. It's interesting that the colour is yellow rather than bleached and the aluminium handle is pretty dinged up - I suspect this brush was used a lot and pressed on heavily in the process - likely breaking the middle bristles. It probably didn't get a proper soak prior to use. The bristles appear finer than the Omega bristles of today but still with good backbone - it's actually an excellent brush to use after soaking with a similar loft now to the Proraso brush.
Shed a few bristles though - if it keeps shedding (the glue in the knot appears to have cracked) it will have to stay as a museum piece. Otherwise I will keep using it. Pretty amazing that I was able to get such a good DFS+ shave with it today actually after all this time! A nice connection to a previous generation...
