Stiff Synthetic Brush Recommendations?

from my time with synthetics over the last few years, anything other than the plissoft knot was stiff to me and was subsequently sold off.

What I get from the OP is he wants a very stiff brush and that's the important thing. 
 No need for splay just grind it in brush.  I've not seen info on this type.

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.

Yep! Honestly that's my one gripe with the fibers, there's not that much customizability in terms of loft unfortunately. But they're certainly incredible in terms of the way they interact with water. They really are premium fibers.

Side note, have a project I'm working on with a German knot maker that ties fibers by hand that might solve this one "limitation" seen in the G5A/G5C as the base fibers are actually close to 80mm and have to be cut, but it's still a work in progress. Knot shape isn't there yet, thinking it could be 2 - 3 months before final product is ready. Any progress on this will be posted in my shop announcements thread of course.

Also thanks for the pings guys, please keep mentioning me in posts! Helps me find things easier and contribute

What I get from the OP is he wants a very stiff brush and that's the important thing. 
 No need for splay just grind it in brush.  I've not seen info on this type.

I know for myself personally I cannot say they would find that. Synthetic is just not designed for this. The differences are too large between synthetic and natural for this to happen. The largest problem is talking of natural hairs of badger, boar, and horse is that they are thicker at the bottom and go to a fine point at the top. Synthetic is washboard flat. All uniform. That's not to say you couldn't achieve this some other way, but from everything I've tried for synthetics to this point is that it's impossible to get that. I can only compare synthetics to what I started with, which is the natural hairs, and my preferences are for badger. I would say 3-band Silvertip, but for whatever reason I do dabble in 2-band. Muhle when they started advertising their first generation Silvertip Fibres marketed it as such a way as being a replacement for badger. Nothing new there as that's what companies have done in the past with other synthetics.

They are all interesting in their own ways, and do have certain traits I would use them for in certain situations. At home if I was in a hurry they would be my choice and wouldn't worry as much that I hadn't rinsed it properly. Traveling anywhere they would be my ideal. Some of the things I want improved is water retention, but not to the point of not drying fast. I would want the hair to be tapered better to be larger at the roots and taper to a fine tip to replicate the natural hairs better. Should help with the lather flinging too, give it a bit more stiffness in the hair. For what I want Omega Evo at this point does it the best, but Plissoft is good too. Silvertip fibre is a a little bit too happy to sling lather, but does get a nod for me. The Plisson Evolution isn't bad either, but I want bigger knots. To me they perform better with a bigger knot. Having experienced Chubby's, Stubby's, Rooney Finest, and plenty of other brushes, I am just baffled when people talk about a scrubby synthetic. They just don't have the ability to be that. That's my opinion though.

G4 synthetic hair is a good option.

O.P. reporting back.


Did buy and use the Omega S. Very disappointed with my hopeful expectations.  (The brush itself is probably performing as it should.) The backbone is not nearly stiff enough. Have to paint the lather, the tips never reaching my beard. Perhaps the bristles are too long and flexible. Whatever the reason, the brush is not capable of applying soap while it is perpendicular to surface of my face (in a dobbing, tips-down motion).

Just placed an order for a Trafalgar 1, thinking that the smaller brush with shorter, stubbier bristles might be more stabbie.

There is a possibility that the brush I desire doesn't exist. In that case, maybe cut a brush's crown way down, shop in a hardware store or go back to apply cream/gel/soap by hand.

Boar?

Wish I could help but I like the opposite in brushes.
Man, it sounds like you might love a stiff stiff brush that, perhaps, others might hate. 
I can appreciate all of our differences though, that's make it sort of fun.

I love stiff, scrubby, scritchy brushes, that's why I use boar, all modern synthetics have very soft tips and just feel numb.

I hear good things about the wald synthetic. Haven't actually tried one but probably worth looking into.

EUREKA!!! A visually unappealing but elegantly effective solution to my search.



Used for first time this morning.  According to my sporadic elderly memory, this is the BEST shave I can recollect.

Scrubbed well. Lathered well. Coated well with just enough painting.

Obviously, easily removed after the shave for thorough rinsing and drying before next shave.  Adds ~ 3 minutes to the shave process.

Will continue to trial a few other brushes (recommended here).  For now, great shaves!