Edwin Jagger 1EJ947SDS Classic Best Badger Hair Exfoliating Shaving Brush with Stand for Shaving Cream or Shaving Soap for Men and Women (Imitation Ivory)

An excellent shaving brush. Great value for handmade best badger.
This is my first shaving brush. I have been using it for 5 months now, as my beginning into DE shaving. The brush is high quality, hand knotted in Sheffield England. It feels soft and smooth on your face and beard and shaving is now a luxury for me, not just a daily chore, the brush softens the hair and works great, you can feel the exfoliation effects…now I know why my wife loves facials. The included stand is very nice and matches perfectly, I am very happy with the stand included. If you want pretty chrome and want to spend buy one, after all this is a bathroom counter accessory. A stand is a must to let your brush air dry properly, with the brush tips down, and you never want to rest the brush on it’s bristles, so even during shaving flip it over to rest it on the counter, once dry completely you can invert your brush on its’ top for storage.How to choose a shave brush? I knew to go with badger hair from all my research on DE & wet shaving, but picking the quality of badger hair from the 4 types of badger hair qualities was difficult. Better hair is better right? Yes but also very expensive. Well being new to wet shaving I did not want to ruin a very expensive brush, so I eliminated the top two qualities and targeted the best quality brush I could find under $60. This brush was about $45 included a stand and was Best Badger. That was the easy winner.I also choose a rounded brush over a staight brush, because it would cover more of my face faster, and provide more surface area. The medium size is ideal for my average size face. I lather up in 4 quadrants to keep the face lather wet, a good wet lather is important to a good and comfortable shave. Once you finish a quadrant rinse and move to the next area. Come back at the end and go over any areas you missed, short hairs left, or better yet redo the whole face.My brush looses an occasional hair which can be either a sign of poor quality or misuse. As I became more experienced, the hair loss from the brush is much less. Maybe one hair a week, it is still a lot but I am not an expert on wet shaving yet either, so for the price and inexperience I think that’s me being to hard on the brush.If you take care of this brush it should last many years. Being new to wet shaving I have to remind myself not to press too hard so I don’t ruin the brush tips…that ruins your brush. I bought a quality shave cream – Taylor of Old Bond also from Amazon. I started lathering with an old mug, but I was banging the top of the brush annoying my wife and not getting a good lather. I now use a small Pyrex bowl to lather up and that works great, lots of room and I get a great lather….spending a minute to gently work up a good lather is well worth the time.I love this brush it will sit next to the Jagger 98l DE razor I bought as my first DE razor for many years.

Good brush. Throw away the stand.
I am a boar brush guy, apparently. I picked up this brush as I was trying boar, badger, synthetic to see what I prefer. I like it. It’s soft if that’s your thing. It makes a lot of lather..that it doesn’t like to give up. It’s definitely got a bit of badger funk, but not bad.The real problem I have is, as another reviewer mentioned, there was a small rubber band holding the brush in the stand. Mine and the other reviewers was around the knot itself. After I pried the brush out of the stand, there were frayed hairs sticking out all over. The opening in the stand isn’t big enough. It kinda pops in and out. So, as the title says, once removed, I wouldn’t suggest using the stand. It definitely damages the hairs. I dropped about a dozen on the first shave, and only a couple on the second shave, but the knot was definitely affected by the rubber band, and ill fitted stand.It’s a good brush, though. I doubt it will shed much after all the damaged hairs shed or break. I’m going to try to dry in a TP roll to see if I can fix the bloom.

Excellent quality brush. Note that this one is size Medium and a bit more expensive than the small size. The badger is very soft and works up a great lather with shave cream. There is no odor and only one or two bristles have come out in about two weeks of use. This is worth the money and I would recommend it. This is in a completely different league from the cheaper boar brushes.

First of all, if you’re looking at this and toying with the idea of getting the cheaper “small” version – don’t! Well, unless you have either tiny hands or a tiny face, the small is just too…. well, small.This one is still quite compact, but much more usable. It comes nicely packaged in a classy looking cardboard box, and comes complete with a drip stand. This is plastic and a bit lightweight, but it comes with a handy sticky pad on the back which means you can secure it to the wall. Be warned, it’s very sticky – once it’s up it’s staying put – so make sure it’s definitely where you want it if you’re going to use this feature. I’d suggest you consider it a permanent fix.The brush itself is nicely weighted, and the handle is a good, comfortable shape. The Best Badger hair holds plenty of water and if your technique’s any good you’ll get a good lather with this one. It lathers Proraso soap nicely, and that one’s usually a tough one to get going. If you use it with Tabac then you’ll have lather all over the place. That particular soap and brush combo is epic!The brush is easy to clean and once dried the knot holds its shape very well if you brush it back into shape. Despite being a plastic handle this is a quality brush with a good weight, a nice size for everyday use and for travelling and comes with a stand. This is good value for money and if you’ve never used a best badger brush before then this one will improve your shaving without breaking the bank too badly.