Why every horse owner needs Haas Brushes - A Review
I bought my set of Haas brushes as they graced the island of Ireland in 2018. I was so giddy to use them as I had been following the videos and posts online for a long while. When you brush your horse with them, you know they are different. I am going to go through each brush I have, starting from hard bristles down to the softest horse brush known to man.
Shimmel
This Shimmel is the hardest of the Haas brushes, as far as I know. It has long wiry coconut bristles that is excellent at getting mud off your horses legs and hocks. My mare is a traditional cob and often comes in from the field with clods of mud stuck to her knees, hocks and feathers. So this is my first brush I use to get the worst of it off. It is a hard brush, I wouldn't use it on delicate areas like the face. I also use the Shimmel brush on the top of her hind quarters after she has rolled in mud. I don't own a grey horse, but what I have been told by grey owners is that it is excellent for getting stubborn stains off greys too.
Military
The Military Haas brush is a good medium-hard bush for the body. Its excellent for getting dried mud and grass stains off the body. I use this for general brushing and it is superb for building up shine on dark coat colour horses. It is for all coat colours and has a lovely leather strap on it. Its tightly packed bristles also make it brilliant for doing quarter marks. This brush is made from dark grey horse hair – the thickly packed inner bristles are shorter allowing for dirt and grease to be pulled from the root with the longer bristles finishing the cleaning process.
Parcour
Similar to the above Military Haas brush, this is ever so slightly softer and quite title packed bristles. I usually work this brush in one hand and the Military brush in the other when brushing my horse. This gets stubborn stains out of dark coat colours and give excellent shine. This brush is also amazing at creating quarter markers, I would stay slightly better than the Military brush as the Parcour is so tightly packed. The Parcour brush is crafted from grey and black horsehair for dependable cleaning of darker coat hues, leaving them clean and lustrous. This brush is also very durable and has a comfortable grip.
Lipizzaner
The Lipizzaner brush is a wonder stain remover. I don't have a grey horse, but my cobs have white legs, that get serious stable stains. The HAAS Lipizzaner Brush is made from an exclusive mixture of horsehair bristles, and excellent for mixed colour coats. The border of the brush is edged with longer black hair to remove dust and add long lasting gloss, while the shorter bristles in the centre enable gentle and through cleaning to remove sweat and oil hidden deep underneath the horse's coat. It is my go-to for stable stain and grass stains on my horses white legs.
Diamond Gloss
So now we dive into the finishing brushes, or polishing brushes. We have worked our way from getting the heavy mud off with the Shimmel, then progressively used the mid range brushes to get further dirt and stains off our horse and we now begin on furthering the coat shine. The Diamon Gloss brush is one of my favourite, its a proper polish brush. The bristles are long, soft and will smoothen any surface. It will remove the fine dust from your horses coat and make it sparkle. This Haas brush has super dense bristles that will leave any coat super shiny.
Diva Exculsive
Finally, the Diva Exclusive Haas brush, the softest horse brush there is (in my book anyway). It is made with long soft bristles on the outer edge, and gorgeous lambs wool in the middle. It is so soft, and the lambs wool removes ant fine dust to bring out the shine of your horses coat. It is like the final buffer when you wax a car, but for your horse. I use this after brushing with the Diamond Gloss brush and then also have one in each hand working the shoulder of my horse or the hind quatres, where you can get really beautiful shine. It is really a luxurious horse brush.
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