Product Overview

The Omega 11047 is a very small travel brush with a mixed badger and boar knot. At 73 mm overall it is one of the smallest brushes Omega make, which is how it earned its nickname, the Mixed Midget.

Mixing badger hair into a boar knot gives you the backbone of boar with softer tips where the brush meets the face. On a brush this small that matters, because a short 43 mm loft is naturally firm. Omega have been making shaving brushes in Italy for decades and are the best known name in boar brushes.

Key Features

• ✓ Mixed badger and boar knot
• ✓ 43 mm loft on a 73 mm brush
• ✓ Knot diameter
• ✓ not published by Omega
• ✓ Lightweight resin handle
• ✓ Genuinely pocket sized for travel
• ✓ Made in Italy by Omega
• ✓ Works with hard soaps, soft soaps and creams

Lather volume and feel depend on your soap, your water and how the brush is loaded. Natural hair varies slightly from brush to brush.

What Is Included

No stand is listed in the contents for this brush.

Product Specifications

Lathering Performance

Mixing badger hair into a boar knot puts softer tips on top of boar backbone. The boar gives the brush the stiffness to lift soap out of a hard puck, and the badger takes the edge off how it feels on the face. The short 43 mm loft makes the knot firm, so it paints lather rather than flopping, and like any brush with boar in it the tips split and soften over the first few weeks.

Who This Brush Is Best For

Getting the Best from Your Brush

1. Soak the knot in warm water for a minute or two before you start, then shake out the excess.
2. Load the brush by working it over the soap or cream until the hair is fully charged.
3. Build the lather in a bowl or on the face, adding water a little at a time until it turns glossy.
4. Give a new boar brush a few weeks of regular use to break in. The tips split as the brush is used, which makes it noticeably softer and better at holding lather.

Adding water gradually rather than all at once is the usual difference between a thin lather and a thick one.

Care and Storage

Soak the bristles in warm water for a minute or two before the shave, not boiling water. Rinse the knot thoroughly after every shave until the water runs clear, then squeeze the water out gently without twisting the knot and leave the brush to dry in a well ventilated place.

Shipping and Returns

Ships fast from Montreal, Canada. Free shipping in Canada on orders $49+.

See our Shipping Policy and Return & Refund Policy for full details.

Frequently Asked Questions