At what point do YOU declare a badger brush a shedder?

I have a Stirling 24mm Finest, it seems like I am loosing 1-2 hairs per shave. I bought it second hand. The previous owner had around 10 shaves on it and I have 4 shaves on it.

I am curious if this brush is a shedder, but for the sake of providing quality discussion -

When are you ready to declare a Badger brush a "shedder"?

I never do. What's a couple of hairs out of thousands?

A Ton of thought goes into it. The Stirling Finests are pretty much low end knots. (Figuratively, but I LOVE both of mine.) They still have 10K + ish hairs in them. I lathered mine twenty five or so times befor I got a "shed-less" shave from it. I also combed it after rinsing ten fifteen times.

I would call this utter BS if you weren't getting $100 dollar performance for $30.

There is a little "You get what you pay for" in life, but sometimes it is a ball of dung.

Out of ten Simpsons, I have treated most of them like my Stirling.

I have never lost a hair out of a Thater.

Density or cheap glue?

If it matters to you, I have never lost more than a single hair or two from an Omega boar.

Personally, I think you are fine yet.

A Ton of thought goes into it. The Stirling Finests are pretty much low end knots. They still have 10K + ish hairs in them. I lathered mine twenty five or so times befor I got a "shed-less" shave from it. I also combed it after rinsing ten fifteen times.

I would call this utter BS if you weren't getting $100 dollar performance for $30.

There is a little "You get what you pay for" in life, but sometimes it is a ball of dung.

Out of ten Simpsons, I have treated most of them like my Stirling.

I have never lost a hair out of a Thater.

Density or cheap glue?

If it matters to you, I have never lost more than a single hair or two from an Omega boar.

Personally, I think you are fine yet.

I'm not concerned about it at the moment, but was curious if I should be concerned. (If that makes any sense.) I've never used a badger brush before, and wasn't certain how long they would shed hairs for.

I'm 18 months in on an Omega 10066 and still lose a hair or two ever other shave. I'm not terribly concerned about that either, but will likely replace it for a Semogue OC sooner rather than later.

A Ton of thought goes into it. The Stirling Finests are pretty much low end knots. They still have 10K + ish hairs in them. I lathered mine twenty five or so times befor I got a "shed-less" shave from it. I also combed it after rinsing ten fifteen times.

I would call this utter BS if you weren't getting $100 dollar performance for $30.

There is a little "You get what you pay for" in life, but sometimes it is a ball of dung.

Out of ten Simpsons, I have treated most of them like my Stirling.

I have never lost a hair out of a Thater.

Density or cheap glue?

If it matters to you, I have never lost more than a single hair or two from an Omega boar.

Personally, I think you are fine yet.

I'm not concerned about it at the moment, but was curious if I should be concerned. (If that makes any sense.) I've never used a badger brush before, and wasn't certain how long they would shed hairs for.

I'm 18 months in on an Omega 10066 and still lose a hair or two ever other shave. I'm not terribly concerned about that either, but will likely replace it for a Semogue OC sooner rather than later.

A LOT of people would tell you to freak out over it, and I guess I couldn't argue if it said ShaveMac on the handle. Bit you paid <$35 for it?

I guess I would say that you should do what you feel is right. I have suffered through a couple of shedding Simpsons only to find out they are fine. It is hard to shut up and live with it when you have a couple hundred bucks on the line, I admit.

When you consider that even on a cheap brush we could be talking humdreds of hairs falling out...

I guess I am just too patient to get all that worked up over it......

Yeah, I mean, if it's a shedder, I would just look toward replacing it sooner than I had planned.

And I certainly won't be get worked up over it. Even if it had been expensive, it's just a shaving brush.

I wouldn't be overly concerned, at the moment. Give it a few more months and if it still hasn't subsided, then you'll know, for sure.
Good luck.

You'll know when you get tired of hairs in your lather and on your face. For now it sound manageable. Enjoy your shaves. Cheers.

You're at 14 shaves on the brush and it loses 1-2 bristles every shave. I say its a shedder. If you're ok with that fine. I don't have a high tolerance for shedding brushes. Its not just picking a bristle off my face or off the brush that bugs me though, its the damn bristles that wash down the drain and build up to form a formidable clog. Badger and boar bristles are more substantial than most human hair. I try to catch any shedders before they go down the drain but I find it easiest just to use brushes that don't shed. I've gone through a few bottles of draino over the years since I've been wet shaving and I'll grant you that living with a woman with long blonde hair can contribute to drain issues but I've been married to that woman for 25 years and I've used more draino in the 4 years I've been wet shaving than in the 25 years we've been married. Thats my 2 bits worth.

Its a fair question. My first badger was a Whipped Dog that shed. I had no basis to know what to do. I traded back in and the next one shed. I gave up on it.

I recently bought a Shavemac that was sold as a shedder. I paid about $40 because I liked the handle. Guess what? It quit shedding. The prior owner jumped the gun.

I just bought the Stirling fan and it has been shedding. But not much and seems to be slowing down. I don't think I will allow myself to even consider a brush a problem until after a month of shaves - 30 shave.