Keep us up to date, I'm curious for an update on the op poster @bmilcs. I purchased my duke3 in best "used a few times" and it's on the floppier side, but in terms of skritch/scratch, its nonexistant... compared to other silvertip brushes I own, I can't tell them apart skritch/scratch wise?
I‘m going to go down to a two brush rotation so I can break it in faster. The second brush is a new Chubby 1 super.
Although it’s difficult to say when a brush was made, this vendor states they have current stock. Does anyone know how the Simpson Best hair has been doing lately in terms of variability?