face feel is the thing that has a lot of people hesitant. I love love love love love my vintage ever ready k40 pure badger, but to get anything close to that quality today.. I need to look at silver tip at a bare minimum. this is what brush makers have told me.
now the thing is, the abusability of the synthetic is nice, but most of the reviews would put the flop/springiness right at the same amount as my omega 49 or 48 boar brush. and for me that is way way to much. even when I bowl lathered, that brush would spray pain the mirror when I applied lather.
but the van der hagen "badger" I had, was floppier then a fist full of over cooked ramen noodles.