Merkur Brush

[Lucy7]

Does anyone know what the merkur brush that comes with the sets is comparable to? Or, if it's even manufactured by one of the bigger brush companies?:confused:

[TraderJoe]

The Merkur brush is made by Dovo, and while I haven't used one, I haven't heard anything bad about it.

[Lucy7]

From what I can tell it aint bad. Of course it's the only brush I've had except for the drugstore boar bristle.

[TraderJoe]

Is it packed pretty well? Or not so much.....and more on the soft/floppy side?

[DragonBoy]

I have the Futur Set and the Futur Brush is a very nice SilverTip - Its a tad more floppy than my Muehles..

I give it 4 cool faces out of 5..

:cool::cool::cool::cool:

[Sledge]

ive heard its floppy, and ive also heard the knot isnt tied by hand, but rather just glued into the handle... not to say its a bad brush, but there are plenty better out there for the money...

and consider this, if you are looking at buying a futur/vision set from merker? dont do it... the bowl isnt worth a damn even for melting soap down and loading the brush in it, and the stand only fits the merkur brush which is really not all that great of a brush.... the stand is also rediculously expensive on its own, which means its a good hike in the total price of the set... you can get a brush and razor stand either together or separately for far cheaper, or the same price, and it will hold any brush... i paid about $25 for my brush stand, and about $25 for a razor stand that (for me) holds 2 razors... my futur, and my 38c... you can get a nice vulfix for under $60 and it will be a far better brush than the merkur, in craftmanship at least...

[Sledge]

also, if you DO absolutely have to have the razor and brush set... get the one without the dish... its useless...