I had high hopes and expectations upon receiving the brush. It worked great for about a week. Very luxurious lathers and extremely comfortable on the skin. However, that's when the brush completely separated itself from the handle! Somehow it came unglued. Not what I expected from this pricey of a brush! However amazon's return process couldn't have been any easier and they immediately shipped me a replacement brush which was received in two days. I will update this review after using the new brush for awhile.8/31/15 UPDATE:Ok, I have been using the replacement brush for about a month. I assume the first brush which fell apart was just a mfg defect. So far so good with this one. I love the way it feels on the face. I find that I spend more time lathering than ever before because it feels so good on the skin. The result is that I am getting a better lather. As others have said, you don't "need" a brush this expensive but you certainly do "want" it.7/14/16 UPDATE:I have been using the replacement brush everyday for a year and it has worked great! It sheds very little and the brushes have remained extremely soft. Overall I have been happy with my purchase. Read more

WOW! From the very first use, I knew this brush was well worth every cent. It reminded me of something my Mom taught me about shopping. If you spend a little bit more you usually get the quality that comes with the price tag. The Kent Medium Badger exceeds that theory and more. It's comfortable. I am a three passer with a brush when I wet shave. It gets a good lather with the soap I am using right now on each and every pass. That is important. Every time I lather up it feels good. Some brushes are coarse, especially on subsequent passes. A lot of brushes I have used in the past lose hair or just plain fall apart. Not the Kent, it is a pleasure to shave with. I shave everyday and the Kent makes it a pleasent expeience. Another less important feature is the look. It looks good on the shelf after cleaning. It is built sturdy. I love it. When I save up my extra pennies I am going to invest in a Kent upgrade. The case is awesome as well. The craftsmanship and quality of the brush and case is the best I have seen so far. You can tell the difference everytime you lather up, whether it is one time or three, etc. Read more

It's been several months now, and the brush is holding up pretty good. Not $200 good, but I'm only losing a hair or two every use. Being military I shave 5 or more days a week and have fallen in love with this old school style of shaving. My previous brush ($70 or so) was just like this one for the first 6 months, then started losing 5 to 10 hairs per shave, at the one year mark it was more like wet dog hair... I'll update in a few months. Read more

Like the other reviewer, I was looking for a replacement for my old brush, which was also my first. Needless to say I did not take very good care of my old one, so it only lasted a few years for me. Since I love straight razor shaving, I decided to dish out the extra $ for this one.It does come in a very nice case, which I plan on using as a traveling case for the brush since it holds the brush very well. It is definitely a quality brush, I only used it once and got fantastic lather, and enough lather to shave twice. I did not lose a single bristle on the first shave, compared to my first brush which lost at least 2 every time I made a lather.If you want a good quality brush, this is definitely worth it. Provided you want to spend the money for it. Read more

It's a beautiful brush.I wish it were a tad softer so it would lather more quickly. The lather, however, is rich and dense and very nice. It's like comparing the head of an ordinary ale with that of Guinness.The brush came with a letter explaining that one should expect the hairs to shed for the first eight weeks. That's pretty conservative. In my experience, I lost about 1-2 hairs per shave the first 10 shaves and about 1 hair every few shaves the next 10 shaves. I haven't lost a single hair the last five weeks. That's a welcome change from the previous brushes I tried that lost up to a half dozen hairs or so the first few weeks and a few every shave thereafter (and I stuck with them for months).It's an expensive brush. If you have a choice between feeding your kids or getting the brush, I'd say feed your kids. But if your kids are fed, get the brush. The stiff hairs are the only thing keeping me from giving the brush a 5, but this is not enough to keep me from recommending the brush. Read more

I bought this as a gift for my son who has been wet shaving for a couple of years now. He goes back and forth between a Duvo Shavette and a DE Safety Razor. He says the brush is perfect for him, picks up the soap well and helps produce a great lather. He highly recommends this Badger Brush. Read more

Complete junk. The cap is a screw on that basically cements shut after first use with shaving. I used it once and then it completely locked and I could not open it. While prying it open it broke into sharp pieces and cut my hand. Read more

I've been wet shaving for almost 2 year now and this is my first brush over $50. Totally glad I purchased it. I use it with a puck of Mama Bear Soap (which I also highly recommend). After using this brush for about a month, I realized that I'm getting richer lather than I ever realized I could get and my shaves are a little better. It feels amazing too. Read more

Es una brocha muy bonita, tanto en vista como al tacto, es de calidad y el estuche es muy práctico, me encantó, espuma muy bien y se siente muy suave en el rostro, sin duda, mi brocha favorita. Read more

Great product, nice to use, easy to clean and not hard to look at. One word of advice to airline travellers is to take it out of your carry on (if you have no hold luggage) and put it through like it was your laptop, 4 times out of 5 they stopped my bag and searched it thinking that was a bottle of liquid of some kind.. Read more