All hair has some oil in it, and your shave soap will prevent the oil from doing anything. I've been using different oils for about a year and have seen no difference in my brush.
Remember that soap is a salt mixture that allows oil and water s to mix. That's what makes it such a good cleaning agent. You have some soap in your brush always, you just can't get it out. If you don't believe me, smell your brush, it will smell like the last soap you used... Mmmm Mama bear's beau Brummel... The scent is there because the soap is still there.
Even if you soak your brush in oil, the next time it hits lather the oil will start to wash away. I can't tell you it will get all the oil off, but that is what soap does.
If you had a clue about half the stuff we put in your shave soap, you wouldn't worry about a little oil.
Here's a sample. All soap is made from oil water and lye in some combination. It can also contain added essential oils, fragrance oils, plant extracts, ash, clay, mud, salts, sugars, dyes... sand...
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