not a shaving brush [SEP] the description says shaving brush and that is why i bought it but the brush box says its a beard brush so i still tried using it as a shaving brush big mistake it was like using a pot pan scrub brush i could not raise up a lather it is so stiff but it did a nice job exfoliating my facebadger do not think so i have many real badger brushes this appears to be horse or boar there might be some goat mixed in who knows for sure