Yes. I use a silver-tip badger hair brush. There are synthetic badger-hair brushes, but I’ve not tried them.
I think mine is made from boars hair.......regardless, I think I've had it for at least 15 years.
I used to use Arko shaving cream which was made in Turkey and only cost about $3 per tube. Unfortunately I can't find it anymore and I'm down to my last tube.....