I wish he would come back with some longer handled brushes.
Wrote to him for a couple of years with no response, but glad to see the OP got the brush he wanted. I find more and more that personal preference is so key with brushes. Scritchy, not scritchy, short handle, long handle, floppy, good backbone, large knot, small knot and so on. But, when you find the one you like, it seems like the other 50 brushes you have just sit around and collect dust.
Have fun.