They are priced up there with high end Plisson, Thater, TI, Rooney and Joris brushes to name a few and their badger hair also comes from China. If you can explain why these too are high cost I'd be willing to listen. It seems that if you want a top of the badger line brush from an established European manufacturer you have to pay the price.

As always there are lesser cost alternatives mainly out of China or handmade by artisans in North America using badger knots imported from China. I don't think any of the alternatives have as high an overhead as the European manufacturers. It is not always a matter of sometimes you do not get what you pay for.

I know that does not help you much with selecting a brush. When looking also compare with the same variety of badger, the same knot densities and so on.

Bob