@kooshman7
Thank you for the advice. I originally thought that I may be expecting too much or that there was something wrong with my particular brush, from the experience of others it looks to be a common problem that they are a bit of a letdown and once I feel let down by a brand the entire range has a big questionmark against them.
I will take a look at Semogue, cheers.
It’s not a *problem*, per se, that a super badger brush is soft and floppy. That is the nature of the thing. The hair is softer than bristle or lower grades of badger. This kind of soft hair is found in a lower quantity on a badger’s body than the harder, pricklier hairs. So they sell for a higher price simply because of the rarity, and because a lot of guys prefer less prickliness.
The point is that how much a brush will satisfy you is not directly related to the price of its hair knot. Different people want different attributes from their brush hair. The guys who like soft badger knot pay the most, because that hair is harder to get and so knots using it are typically made with a higher degree of care than knots with cheaper and more common hairs. Those who like the stiff boar bristles or prickly stiff badger hairs pay less. To each his own.