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Your sensation is quite right actually. Apparently it's all in the source of boar bristles, I have heard from the owner of Omega that unfortunately the type of boar bristle they manage to get their hands on nowadays are not as good as they used to be in the past (however no more details were disclosed so it is hard to say where the issue stand, is it the breed, what they eat, the supplier have changed, who knows). So if you ever happen to get your hands on a NOS boar bristle vintage brush, go for it!
Wow, turns out my fears were grounded then. I've used these new boars a bit more and they are ok, but they are nowhere as special as the older ones. I might try to pick up a few NOS ones but otherwise I think it's an excuse to carry on shifting to synthetic brushes.
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