A couple more brushes...

If fibers are set wrong way round I imagine a tuxedo knot would look rather suspicious :)
Its not all the fibers. If you've had a cheap tux or even a bad Plisoft there will more than likely be a lil scratch to the brush. Its from damaged blunt fibers or the odd fiber in use knot really is wrong way. You have to look close but you'll find them. I had a cheap knot that I found 20 lol. They will be blended in so are not that obvious at first.
 
If fibers are set wrong way round I imagine a tuxedo knot would look rather suspicious :)
Its not all the fibers. If you've had a cheap tux or even a bad Plisoft there will more than likely be a lil scratch to the brush. Its from damaged blunt fibers or the odd fiber in use knot really is wrong way. You have to look close but you'll find them. I had a cheap knot that I found 20 lol. They will be blended in so are not that obvious at first
AFAIK the only assured suppliers of synthetic knots are:

Maggards
APShaveCo
Whipped Dog

Everything else is caveat emptor.

YaQi knots are the real deal save for huge variations in glue bumps. Most other so called Tuxedo knots on AliExpress are dreadful. The jury is still out on other synthetic knots on there. I've got a cheap fan knot in transit to see if it's any good. Who knows...

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is it the new triangular fan tuxedos?
 
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This is actually how far I need to go to notice a major difference between my brushes, lathering with dish washing brush went well, result was thick and slick but a deeper bowl would have been nice to minimise splatter, and the shave, well face feel was the worst ever by a good margin. I have over the years binned three shaving brushes that stood out just like the dish washing brush: two moppy Zenith boars and an Epsilon prickly horse, otherwise anything goes.
 
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Its not all the fibers. If you've had a cheap tux or even a bad Plisoft there will more than likely be a lil scratch to the brush. Its from damaged blunt fibers or the odd fiber in use knot really is wrong way. You have to look close but you'll find them. I had a cheap knot that I found 20 lol. They will be blended in so are not that obvious at first

is it the new triangular fan tuxedos?

It's this one:
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/bpfEWKnX

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AFAIK the only assured suppliers of synthetic knots are:

Maggards
APShaveCo
Whipped Dog

Everything else is caveat emptor.

YaQi knots are the real deal save for huge variations in glue bumps. Most other so called Tuxedo knots on AliExpress are dreadful. The jury is still out on other synthetic knots on there. I've got a cheap fan knot in transit to see if it's any good. Who knows...

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What's the benefit of the fan knot? I assume that it splays easier, it's one style that I have never tried.
 
What's the benefit of the fan knot? I assume that it splays easier, it's one style that I have never tried.
Yes. That's it. Splays easier and so facilitates face lathering.

Nearly all synthetic knots fall into the broad categorisation known as (bulb/fan) hybrids

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