What's the Badger About Badger Brushes?

Badger brushes have made badgers a very common animal - more like one with a celebrity status in the shaving world. There are about 8 species of badgers in the world. This of course, doesn't take its subspecies into account. Of these 8 species, the Eurasian Badger is the most harvested species in the world for its hair. Although this species hair was once heavily harvested in Europe, as of today, it is a protected species.  

In rural China, the species is often regarded as a nuisance. So much of a nuisance, the National government gives license to local operatives to hunt the badgers and sell their hairs to local and international markets. This disparity in the harvest of badger hairs all over the world has made China be a major distributor of its hairs all over the world.

What makes it so special?

The badger hair is renowned for its special properties. Their bristles are wider at the tips than it is at the base. This allows for better retention of water while wet shaving. Capillary action and knot density also plays an important role in water retention.