Quote Originally Posted by BobH View Post
Just checked the tips of 5 badger silvertip brushes, 3 from the EU and 2 from China. I used the hand loupe I had for honing and to my untrained eye I had a hard time seeing much of a difference in how the tips looked. On all 5 brushes some appeared fine tipped and others appeared cut all in the same knot. It might be worthwhile to check a few out as I am puzzled by what I thought I was seeing.

Bob
Just did a quick look with loupe at my TGN & WSP HMWs of same size, same usage, same age and it is easy to see the difference. WSP had way more tapered tips and is denser vs. quite a few looser cut tips of TGN. For me the WSP is softer on my face.