Thread: Knot Sources Pros Cons

It's is a given the hair is sourced from China.

Having said that, I think the individual, or the process dictated by whatever company, is the big differentiator between brushes. What hairs are selected, how they are arranged, etc., is obvious to me being the difference between a mail order knot and one from the the recognized producers.

I didn't think a brush could get much better than a Plisson HMW, and I strongly held on to that prejudice, but in the end, the Thater 4125 was easily as nice, and in some ways nicer. Simpson, Rooney, and of course M&F all handle differently, that is where the YMMV comes in, but personally, the difference between the high end brushes is substantial in my opinion, and the M&F seems in a class all it's own it has so many different properties and unique characteristics, if I could keep only one, it would be the Morris and Forndran - so the only thing I can attribute to this is how the actual knot is put together and by who or what process.

Just my humble opinion...