These horse hair brushes deliver similar performance to badger hair but without harming or affecting the animal in anyway. The mane and tail hair is collected from horses in the Valencia area of Spain when they are groomed. After the hair is collected it's washed, bleached and dyed to mimic the familiar dark band of badger hair. Horsehair shave brushes have soft naturally tapered tips with good backbone in the shafts for use with hard shave soaps or soft shave creams.