Shaving brush with a handle part made of matte chrome-plated cast aluminum. The brush trim itself is made of badger hair, and the so-called silver tip. This hair is particularly soft and fine, light at the base, gray in the middle and silver towards the tips. It is a guarantor for well-whipped foam and behaves more skin-friendly than synthetic bristles or pig bristles. Badger hair brushes should be washed well after use and hung to dry with the handle part up.

Merkur is one of those Solingen smithies specialising in one product group for almost 100 years: In Merkur’s case, this product is safety razors for double-edged razor blades. They are much easier and safer to operate than open razors but sharper and, factoring in blade costs, more economical than multi-blade razors.