Stiff Synthetic Brush Recommendations?

As a noob, I have been doing quite a bit of reading (here and elsewhere) about brushes.  Much like wines, blades and cars, there are an innumerable quantity of attributes.  I can't quite drill down to the direction I've taken in personal preference. Many posts are helpful, but I'm looking for a synthetic.

So, I'll ask for a bit of help in recommending a brush and keep my preferences simple.

Looking for a stiff, dense, non-floppy, scrubby, grind-the-lather-into-the-beard synthetic brush.  Not interested in the spreading, painting or splaying type of brush.  Really not concerned with whipping the lather or the amount of lather retention by the brush.

Sorry if my terminology is sloppy.  Still learning.

Thanks for your help!

Paladin synthetic comes to mind from your description. The loft is set low and it’s pretty dense. It’s the only synthetic I have that I have to put pressure on to splay on my face, making it a very scrubby synthetic.

Take a look at the G5A or G5C synthetic knots.

Set them high in the handle of your choice.

FS G7 synthetic hair

Take a look at the G5A or G5C synthetic knots.

Set them high in the handle of your choice.

IIRC I think this is backwards... You want to set a knot further into the handle to stiffen it up, right? Lower loft = more backbone / higher loft = less backbone.

Take a look at the G5A or G5C synthetic knots.

Set them high in the handle of your choice.

IIRC I think this is backwards... You want to set a knot further into the handle to stiffen it up, right? Lower loft = more backbone / higher loft = less backbone.

You are right: deeper = more backbone/stiff, higher = less backbone/stiff

Take a look at the G5A or G5C synthetic knots.

Set them high in the handle of your choice.

IIRC I think this is backwards... You want to set a knot further into the handle to stiffen it up, right? Lower loft = more backbone / higher loft = less backbone.

The G5C especially needs to be set higher regardless of how much backbone you like IMO. They are strange short knots with almost no glue bump. I’ve set lots of them for folks.

Take a look at the G5A or G5C synthetic knots.

Set them high in the handle of your choice.

TheBurgh,
I second this, especially for the G5A from apshaveco! I prefer splay, and almost gave up on this knot until Paul mentioned setting it higher. Also, it performs better after a brief soak, which I still do not understand given it's a synthetic brush!

Take a look at the G5A or G5C synthetic knots.

Set them high in the handle of your choice.

IIRC I think this is backwards... You want to set a knot further into the handle to stiffen it up, right? Lower loft = more backbone / higher loft = less backbone.

The G5C especially needs to be set higher regardless of how much backbone you like IMO. They are strange short knots with almost no glue bump. I’ve set lots of them for folks.

Out of interest. What sort of loft would you recommend for the 28mm G5C?

IIRC I think this is backwards... You want to set a knot further into the handle to stiffen it up, right? Lower loft = more backbone / higher loft = less backbone.

The G5C especially needs to be set higher regardless of how much backbone you like IMO. They are strange short knots with almost no glue bump. I’ve set lots of them for folks.

Out of interest. What sort of loft would you recommend for the 28mm G5C?

I don’t know the loft in mm off the top of my head, but with the G5C knots, you basically just want to set it just deep enough so you don’t see the glue base.

Like I said, it’s a strange, yet good synthetic knot.