How to Maintain Your Vikings Blade Shaving Brush

With the recent release of the Vikings Blade Badger shaving brush, shaving experience just got a whole lot more exciting. If you have already purchased the brush, you would want to read these tips to keep the brush maintained to give better service life.

What Is It Made From?

Before you go about maintaining something, you have to know what the construction materials used in designing it is. The brush is made from badger hair. Just like your hair, you should keep it clean always. Badger brushes can have a repugnant smell if not properly treated. Over time, the brush may begin to develop soap residue. To clean this, soak the brush in vinegar solution for some minutes and rinse off.

Use Gently

The badger is the most preferred hair type for shaving brush because of its water retentive properties. Since it can hold sufficient amount of moisture, it will form good lather easily. The bristles have a design that also makes them good for exfoliating the skin while shaving. So with this, you don't necessarily need to apply too much pressure when making and applying the lather. Too much application of pressure can bend or even break the bristles.

Keep It Dry

When you're done with the brush, ensure you keep it dry. After you rinse the lather off, shake the brush to remove water molecules caught between its bristles. Then hang the brush upside down in its stand and leave to dry.

Different Types of Badger Hairs Used In Making Badger Shaving Brush

Shaving brush is made from different sources like the synthetic ones, boar hairs, horse, and badgers. The badger hair brush is the best of all of these brushes. When used with a good safety razor like Vikings Blade, it gives quality shaves. Taking the badger brush into closer perspective, there is different quality depending on the location of the body the hairs were taken from.

Grade 1

This is the most common type of badger hairs. These hairs are found in the general body of a badger. They seem to be coarser than others in this hair type and would give a better exfoliation when used during shaving. They are also usually the cheapest of badger hair brushes.

Grade 2

This brush hair seems to be darker in color than the Grade 1 hairs. It is gotten from the stomach area of the badger. The hairs are softer and won't give as much exfoliation when shaving like the Grade 1 brush. Because of its texture, it is able to trap in more moisture.

Grade 3

In comparison to the previous two grades, this one has a finer gauge. It is gotten from the back region of the badger. Exfoliation will reduce but it holds much more moisture. This means it would produce a much richer lather.

Grade 4

This has the finest gauge of them all and is gotten from the neck region of the badger. It is ideal for getting the best moisture and would resultantly produce a better, richer, and fuller lather.