I have two horse brushes, a Zenith extra soft - too soft for my taste - and a Semogue C3 Galahad premium horse - which is my favorite brush. I only know Yaqi synthetics (two 24mm tuxedos and a 26mm timberwolf), so I can’t speak with authority on the general difference.
Horse brushes need less soap than boars, but maybe slightly more than a synthetic of equivalent size. They are easy and quick to lather (maybe a bit less easy than synths).
What I really like - in the Semogue - is the scritch they have on the face, which just isn’t there with the synthetics (at least those I know). The Zenith XS is ultrasoft and has no backbone, maybe it’s similar to a mother lode (but I have never tried one).
I have read somewhere that horse brushes compare more to badgers (which I don’t have) than to synthetics. The advantage of horse brushes is that getting a haircut is part of a horse’s normal beauty routine, so the animals are not harmed.
I have two horse brushes, a Zenith extra soft - too soft for my taste - and a Semogue C3 Galahad premium horse - which is my favorite brush. I only know Yaqi synthetics (two 24mm tuxedos and a 26mm timberwolf), so I can’t speak with authority on the general difference.
Horse brushes need less soap than boars, but maybe slightly more than a synthetic of equivalent size. They are easy and quick to lather (maybe a bit less easy than synths).
What I really like - in the Semogue - is the scritch they have on the face, which just isn’t there with the synthetics (at least those I know). The Zenith XS is ultrasoft and has no backbone, maybe it’s similar to a mother lode (but I have never tried one).
I have read somewhere that horse brushes compare more to badgers (which I don’t have) than to synthetics. The advantage of horse brushes is that getting a haircut is part of a horse’s normal beauty routine, so the animals are not harmed.
Hope that helps!
Thanks! I may look into getting one now.