Clockwise, from upper left:

• Omega 10048 boar – my first ‘real’ shave brush
• Artisania Romera Manchurian Badger – a gift from a fellow shaver
• Wilkinson Sword badger – found in a Spanish supermarked
• Vie-Long 13051M unbleached tan horse – 65% tail and good scritch
• Vie-Long 14033 mixed horse and badger – softer than my other horses
• Vie-Long 12705B unbleched pale horse – 55% tail as far as I recall
• Semogue “TSN 2012 Limited Edition” mixed boar-badger brush – my first LE brush