Some other forums and Drubbing got me interested in trying boar brushes.
So I bought the SOC and a 1305 recently. Getting to like the SOC, but still hate the 1305. The dye they used on the 1305 is still bleeding out.
And I can do an awesome lather with it, but it's all gone before I finish the first pass.
I've soaked it, heated it with a hair drier, run them over a towel, but the 1305 just consumes lather and darkens it with it's dye. I think all this has made the 1305 too soft for a boar as well, it's softer than the SOC, and what's the point of a soft boar?
SOC turned out a lot better, but the EJ BBB is about the same price and I like it a lot better because it holds lather better so I can get 3 or 4 passes out of it.