A couple of you guys asked about specs. I apologize for the delayed response. I posted this thread in a hurry and haven't been back to it.
The 200 ( Black/Red) is knotted with a 22mm TGN Finest Badger XH set at 50mm loft. The 52C ( Black/Butterscotch) is knotted with 20mm TGN Finest Badger Fan XH set at 48mm loft. I've been exclusively using these brushes to break them in and they are FANTASTIC. I shouldn't have waited so long to finish them. I'm going to post a "brush porn" thread with the 7 restos I've done and kept. I gave a couple others away and sold one (black/clear) in a kit a good while back. I also sold a few that I had drilled out and cleaned up but lost the momentum to finish. Thanks for the feedback. Now I'm getting the bug to do a couple more.