Up until now I've been using a tweezerman brush predominantly, and have fooled around with two others that were my dads. I think the other two are probably collectors as I know that his dad before him used them. a Century with a red rubber handle, and something else that I can't identify however the handle is ivory and am pretty sure it's boar hair (when I say "pretty sure" I actually mean I have no idea). the antiques are heavily used and don't work very well and I think the tweezerman just beats up my face too much. I don't know a lot about knot sizes, hair quality, or any of that but I would like something soft, that lathers well. I have about a $40 budget before shipping. any advice here would be wonderful.