Less than useful

Part 1

How do you prepare a lather?
In classic shaving, you have a choice of cheap plain boar brushes ($15-25), or badger brushes.  Badger brushes are generally broken down into, ‘pure badger’ ($23-40), ‘best badger’ ($40-60) and ’silvertip’ ($60-300+).  There are also synthetic brushes ($20-60) available for vegans ($1).
Boar brushes are stiff; pure badger are soft; [...]