Shoppers - decent dandy brush?

[Meowy Catkin]

So I went to the local tack shop and looked at the grooming brushes as I need a new dandy. Oh what a sorry bunch of brushes they had of different makes. Soft, sparsely distributed bristles and plastic backs, the whole effect was not instilling me with the belief that the brushes could actually brush off dry mud at all! So I came away without a dandy brush.

Anyone know of a decent dandy? My last one (given to me when I was 12) has really seen better days, which is sad as it has served me well and helped to polish many a pony.

 

[Shooting Star]

I like salmon dandy brushes, nice and sturdy tight packed bristles with a wooden back. My current one has lasted for years but I think they still sell them.

 

[vmac66]

I have the Haas Schimmel. Great for getting mud of. It even gets the white bits on my coloured mare clean.

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Is the shimmel not a body brush? I've not seen one in person.

Will look up the Salmon bushes.

 

[vmac66]

Body brush type but is great at getting mud off

 

[Tiddlypom]

For knocking dry mud off unclipped bits I don't think that you can beat a magic brush.

 

[Meowy Catkin]

I have one somewhere, may have to dig it out...

 

[Leo Walker]

The Schimmels not a body brush. Its a dandy brush isnt it? Thats what I use it for anyway. Filth removal and bringing scurf up to the top. Thats how they market it as well.

 

[Pinkvboots]

I hardly ever use a dandy brush now neither of my horses particularly like the hard bristles, I use the metal scraper things meant for getting loose hair out, it gets mud off easily and my horses seem to prefer it to a brush.

I have some small dandy brushes in my garage left over from when I used to sell stuff, there quite good ones I could post you a couple of them if you wanted.

 

[ihatework]

Magic brush & Schimmel covers all bases! The Schimmel is way too course to use as a body brush

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Thanks everyone.