I'm beginning to feel like an investigative journalist.
I have spoken to British Hall. Lee Sabini continues to operate Rooney and supplies brushes under that name through a very limited number of web sites. He also supplies brushes sold under other brand names. Truefitt and Hill, Castle Forbes and some Kent brushes for example. The brushes are no longer made in the London area. No one can confirm where they are made.
I'm still on the case.
When you see this on a website, it creates an image emphasising tradition and an unchanging method of production:
R. A. Rooney Shaving Brushes
The World's Oldest Maker of Premium Quality Brushes
R. A. Rooney & Sons Ltd., London
The World's Oldest Maker of Premium Quality Shaving Brushes
Still being made today using the same proven and time-honored methods that they have employed since the late 17th Century, R. A. Rooney has long been the choice of those who demand only the very best.
It would be good to have some evidence of where and how Rooney brushes are now made.