I know what you guys mean. The water retention thing is a stupid argument, because you have to shake the water out of both anyway. And while I won't say that my boar is softer than my badger (it is new after all, and they take time to break in), I will say that it is easily the equal of.

The other issue I have is that the boar brush doesn't really fit in the stand that I have my badger in. The boar hair just doesn't compress as much. Solutions?

Jim, where does one find/order a custom boar brush?