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WOLF WHISKERS / Synth
PANNACREMA / Nuavia Black

Whisker batter par excellence

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Love that thang

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Well I sure enough do like boar bristles!  I also like vintage shapes and colors! So Neal Breed and his stinking Heritage Collection nabbed me for sure with this Merit redo.  I asked him to add a heritage gel boar knot too just for giggles.  Been wanting to see if a gel boar is all that!  The brush handle is immaculate and infinitely better built than were the originals.  Plenty of heft and it feels like a Merit brush in my hand.  The knot.  Whelp the darn thing is huge.  I measured 27 mm and loft of 48 inches.  Ok, I jest, but this knot is tall.  I like a boar to splay a bit so I started fiddling with the knot socket.  First I drilled it out another 5mm and opened it up to 29mm and started playing with the loft.  Turns out I put 5mm of epoxy back in (the amount I drilled out) and ended seating the loft at 65mm which for this stuffed boar hit just right for splay.  Perhaps it’s still a bit tight but I expect over time it’ll limber up and hit the sweet spot for me.  The gel treatment seems to be spot on.  A boar, broken in, is a softness comparable with quality badger.  This one has the feel of a broken-in boar and it’s only been lathered 5 times.  The last one was this mornings face lather.  She feels great. I see a few split hairs but not likely from my efforts thus far.  The pig likely wasn’t lather-rinse-repeating correctly. Boar smell? Zero.  In fact the knot had less odor than synthetics I get.  How well will this knot perform? Don’t know yet.  Boars for me only hit their stride after dozens of latherings thus I expect this one to improve over time from a very respectable first outing.  I will share that it seems to want a long soak and a longer loading to build good lather.  Very pleased thus far and I sure think the brush is attractive.

Freddy, that is one attractive boar right there.

WOLF WHISKERS / Synth
PANNACREMA / Nuavia Black

Getting tight red/white/blue swirls like this without “purpling” is HARD.  Don’t ask how I know.  This handle is awesome.

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Well I sure enough do like boar bristles!  I also like vintage shapes and colors! So Neal Breed and his stinking Heritage Collection nabbed me for sure with this Merit redo.  I asked him to add a heritage gel boar knot too just for giggles.  Been wanting to see if a gel boar is all that!  The brush handle is immaculate and infinitely better built than were the originals.  Plenty of heft and it feels like a Merit brush in my hand.  The knot.  Whelp the darn thing is huge.  I measured 27 mm and loft of 48 inches.  Ok, I jest, but this knot is tall.  I like a boar to splay a bit so I started fiddling with the knot socket.  First I drilled it out another 5mm and opened it up to 29mm and started playing with the loft.  Turns out I put 5mm of epoxy back in (the amount I drilled out) and ended seating the loft at 65mm which for this stuffed boar hit just right for splay.  Perhaps it’s still a bit tight but I expect over time it’ll limber up and hit the sweet spot for me.  The gel treatment seems to be spot on.  A boar, broken in, is a softness comparable with quality badger.  This one has the feel of a broken-in boar and it’s only been lathered 5 times.  The last one was this mornings face lather.  She feels great. I see a few split hairs but not likely from my efforts thus far.  The pig likely wasn’t lather-rinse-repeating correctly. Boar smell? Zero.  In fact the knot had less odor than synthetics I get.  How well will this knot perform? Don’t know yet.  Boars for me only hit their stride after dozens of latherings thus I expect this one to improve over time from a very respectable first outing.  I will share that it seems to want a long soak and a longer loading to build good lather.  Very pleased thus far and I sure think the brush is attractive.

Beauty. And good on you for setting the knot as you see fit. I have one that is way too floppy. Couldn't agitate a cup of milk.

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