What the heck is a "flick" brush for?

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Been looking to buy a separate set of brushes now that I have a piebald yearling and keep plastering my dark bay TB with white hairs! However, there is a new kid on the block called a "flick" brush.... like a dandy but with longer bristles. Can anyone advise me exactly what I'm meant to flick with it please??? :)
 
domane said:
Been looking to buy a separate set of brushes now that I have a piebald yearling and keep plastering my dark bay TB with white hairs! However, there is a new kid on the block called a "flick" brush.... like a dandy but with longer bristles. Can anyone advise me exactly what I'm meant to flick with it please??? :)
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No idea I got one with my last grooming kit.. Its Holly's favourite brush for sweeping the stable floor with :banghead: (Holly being my horse)
 
domane said:
Been looking to buy a separate set of brushes now that I have a piebald yearling and keep plastering my dark bay TB with white hairs! However, there is a new kid on the block called a "flick" brush.... like a dandy but with longer bristles. Can anyone advise me exactly what I'm meant to flick with it please??? :)
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It's a much longer bristled brush... so it's used in a flick motion to flick away loose hair and grime etc... It's really good I have one and love it. As it's not got the short bristles like a dandy it wont work on hard mud as well, but will be better to ''flick'' over them to quickly get rid of the loose hair.
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Eriskayowner said:
Flicking out dust etc from the coat. They've been around for at least 10 years though!
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Ah! I had a bit of child-rearing break from horses.... that one must have passed me by!!!

Thanks for the advice all :) I think it would still be too rough for my thin-skinned TB and not firm enough for my hairy coblet.... what do you think?
 
domane said:
Ah! I had a bit of child-rearing break from horses.... that one must have passed me by!!!

Thanks for the advice all :) I think it would still be too rough for my thin-skinned TB and not firm enough for my hairy coblet.... what do you think?
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Lol I'm very much out of the loop on new gadgets, and haven't even got the excuse of children!!!

I'd say you still need a nice soft body brush for the TB to remove dust etc but a rubber curry/dandy for the cob. I like the old fashioned way (I'm 27!) but the flicki brush is good for a quick once over if they've been stabled.
 
These are great for flicking off that really dry dust, never had one before but daughter won one at a show recently and I found it was really good on that dust they collect from rolling in a dry dusty field. Ours is long bristled but very soft, so I don't think it's the same as yours.
 
THey may look like a long bristled dandy brush, but they bristles are very soft. THey are great for getting rid of dust - if you are at a show and the ground is hard, horses pick up lots of dust on their coats. Also if they end up with hay over them. Just have one handy to flick off all the loose dust and hay and you have a clean horse again.
Better than a body brush.
 
I tend to use mine after a going over with a rubber curry comb, so that all the dust and old hair comes to the surface then flick it off with the flick dandy. I find short sweeps more effective to remove the old stuff the curry comb has brought up then finish with longer sweeps to add shine. I must say that they are the only 2 brushes I ever use, they work a treat and every horse I have owned has had a really good shine to the coat.
 
I adore my pink flick brush - gets hair and mud off, brushes out his mane and tail, is lovely and soft, and he loves his face brushed with it. It's the only brush I really use in the summer, but you have to get the wrist action right :D sm c
 
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