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I like a boar or horse for soaps and badger for softer soaps a creams. Badgers for cream. But.... most of my badgers will work on the Williams just fine.
Happy shaves to ya!
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I usually just grab one off the shelf and go with it. All my boars are well broken in and lather well. My badgers run the scale from Semogues and Omegas to Simpsons Supers. My horses are well broken in also. I don't soak brushes or soaps before lathering, just dip and go. I have streamlined my techniques and habits over 50 some years of wet shaving making nearly all combinations and products very pleasant for me on the whole.
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No specific pairing for me, what ever soap I feel like using with what ever brush I feel like using that day. I don’t see enough change in technique or results between any hair/bristle matched with any hard/soft soap or creams to worry about it, I guess.
When I see any brush starting to act out of sorts that’s my indication it’s time to clean the brush with a hot water and borax mix. With hard water each use is building up some level of residue which does have an impact, that I notice anyway. Especially so with some of the so called super-fatted, super soft artisan soaps all the cool kids like these days. The borax mix does a great job of knocking out the buildup of soap and oils and leaves brushes performing better than ever.
Andy