i have just bought a 3 band silvertip of the Mühle traditional series (same handle-design as the r89/r41 handles) that was on sale for about 80 euros (the usual price for this brush, here in europe, is 100 euros.) it's a nice looking brush with the same knot-quality as the rocca series of Mühle silvertip brushes, both of them in fact, even have an interchangeable knot. however, for my liking this brush has still too much backbone and the end of the bristles are a bit scratchy while pressing the tips on the face. even one of my omega pure badger brushes for 20 euros has softer tips, so i'm quite a bit dissatisfied and want to keep searching for something more to my liking. any kind of suggestions?