Do you have a favourite horse hair brush? Mine is the Vie-Long 12750 with the butterscotch handle. It seems that horse hair brushes were the most popular brushes at one time -- back in the day -- but not so much nowadays. Odd because they are a fine brush (once you get the horsey smell out of it), kind of between a boar and a badger...and the bristles come from a renewable source. Also, are you a regular user of horse hair brushes or do you use them just once in a while?