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Post by wchnu on Jun 23, 2012 14:36:30 GMT -6
Soooooo. It seems to me that the horse hair brush does not need to soak time of the boar. What do other guys think about it. Do you soak the horse brush as long as a boar?
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Post by bladerunner on Jun 27, 2012 4:56:42 GMT -6
Might be a little difference with the stiffer boars. I gave this a shot last night though and pretty much the same time as a semogue 1305. That's a softer boar though. I'd probably soak the semogue SOC a bit longer than a horsey or the 1305. Mind you I don't soak for longer than it takes the sink to fill up a bit and get everything ready anyways, so 20-30s.
Maybe a little longer for the stiffer boars though...
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RocketMan
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Post by RocketMan on Jun 27, 2012 19:52:06 GMT -6
I haven't run the course and lassoed me a horse yet. My cheap side keeps saying neigh.
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Post by wchnu on Jun 27, 2012 22:49:19 GMT -6
I haven't run the course and lassoed me a horse yet. My cheap side keeps saying neigh. Beat the cheap side back and get ya one. These things are great.
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Post by razorburn123 on Mar 23, 2014 10:03:20 GMT -6
I agree. Both my horse brushes take a lot less time to soak opposed to a boar or a badger brush.
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Post by RobinK on Mar 23, 2014 14:24:10 GMT -6
Horse hair has worse water retention than badger (well, high quality badger) hair. I have tested two Vie Long brushes (pure horse, and mixed horse/boar), and was underimpressed. The pure horse combines bad water retention with the floppiness of cheap badger hair; the mixed one has more backbone, but the typical wire brush luxury of boar brushes. My personal verdict: Get one high quality badger, and forget everything else. So far, nothing beats these brushes, not even the highest priced synthetics, and certainly not horse.
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ShadowsDad
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Post by ShadowsDad on Mar 23, 2014 22:16:42 GMT -6
Well, wchnu, yes, I do soak it as long as my boars, or even badgers. Since I don't actually do what I would consider a soak on any of them. I wet them and when they limber up, in a minute at most, I use them. One can feel them, boars especially, soften. It doesn't take long. I find that my one horse might not soften as much as a boar does. It's definitely a different lathering experience.
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