YaQi 24mm 'Tuxedo' Synthetic

I used the 'standard' plisson style 24mm knot Yaqi brush today for the first time. There's no chance I can fully gauge a brush upon it's first use but it seems to have the following properties; good backbone, splays easily, soft tips and decent water retention.
 
If you're talking about the butterscotch/yellowish Tuxedo: knot is 24mm, loft 60mm. These are the measurements given by Yaqi (they are further down in the page), but you can definitely add 2-3mm to the diameter.

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Thanks, Msr. I thought the handle would be smaller based on the website photos. Very nice looking handle however. I would order one if I didn't have a custom yellow "beehive" handle brush coming with a fan shape Tuxedo knot.

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Ordered this and it was delivered six days later, impressive and certainly faster delivery than my purchases from the States or Canada. It is a 24mm knot, loft is only 45mm, but the glue bump is high at 20mm leaving a free loft of 25mm. It is not described as a 'tuxedo style knot' on Yaqi's website as some of their other black & white synthetics are. Picture is just after a shampoo and test lather...it will be in use this week .
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spotted this (as if I need yet another brush...)
24 mm with 55 mm loft - any comments on backbone compared to the other 24 mm brushes with 60 mm loft?

I have a Yaqi brush with a different style knot but with a 24mm knot and 55mm loft. As I don't own a Tuxedo I can't compare it to that but it's backbone is sufficient for loading from harder soaps/face lathering. Even though I am more than happy with my current Yaqi brush I am very tempted to pick up a 24mm Tuxedo knot brush.
 
Just had a reply
"Hi this handle is a customer's design, so we will not sell them in our aliexpress store. We also wont sell any more in store after we sell out the stocks"

Here is my post from 20th August:
There are some really nice pieces on the Alibaba website, but they are for wholesale. I already contacted Yaqi to enquire whether it was possible to get a brush (Guiness handle) for instance, but they definitely are not for retail.

I asked them whether they could fit a Tuxedo or white knot with greyish tips on a Guiness handle and sell it to me. Of course, I got a polite but negative answer. Look what was released 2 weeks later...

https://fr.aliexpress.com/store/pro...56.html?spm=a2g0w.12010612.0.0.38e59ae81bcduT
 
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