Synthetic, are people warming up to it?

Well, basically that's what are doing sellers on Etsy...
They buy these knots in bulk for one pound a piece or less, the same for handles (if they don't make them) and Bob's your uncle (you might have import tax though, but it must be very manageable).

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https://yaqibrush.en.alibaba.com/pr...pm=a2700.8304367.prewdfa4cf.32.73152c544F0PXG
Size: 19*60mm,20*63mm,21*63mm,22*65mm

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All range of brushs, knots, etc, here:
https://yaqibrush.en.alibaba.com/

I contacted them to have a brush made from a "Guiness" handle and an inverted Tuxedo (black tips and white fibres), but they were not too keen on selling me one...

Somethin g like that but with a guiness handle

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Oddly, I find the water thing to be exactly the opposite. My badgers need some time in the water to soak much up, but all the synthetics suck it up almost instantaneously. I then have to shake quite a lot out, as otherwise they make the soap too runny or wishy-washy.

A quality badger after a good soak will retain all the water needed for loading soft artisan soap with the Marco method and usually I don't need to add extra water to my lather. The Marco method cannot be used with synthetics as they are not able to retain water in the knot. This is not a problem for me because synthetics can load loads of soap with just a few swirls on a soap and water can be added as lather is created. My only problem with synthetics is the plastic facefeel.
This is my experience from the few synthetics I've tried so far and as always YMMV
 
Horse hair brush is the brush I have not tried yet. Badger are my favourite by far but I do like synthetic brushes too. I have a couple of Razorock and a couple of Stirling synthetic brushes that I use.
I don't see this as using only one type of brush, I enjoy variety. ; )
 
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