Gentlemen,

Badger brushes will continue to provide luxurious lather for traditional shavers. Boar and horse will be around, too. The market will grow for synthetic brushes, but the synthetics will not overwhelm the other types of brushes.

In all fairness to the synthetic, the Plisson is a really sweet brush. I love mine. A parade of synthetic brushes has come and gone from the shave den. The only two that have stayed are, as I noted, the Plisson, and also the Edwin Jagger XL in the V2 version.

A number of shaving vendors have their own brand of synthetic brushes, many using a knot that is somewhat similar to that of the Plisson, and although they do the job, they are not the Plisson in overall quality.

Either way, I don't foresee gentlemen turning another cheek, so to speak, on a superb silvertip brush.