Photo comparison of Rooney 3/1 and the Badger & Blade Limited Edition 2008 from Kent

In each of these pictures, the Rooney (in super, from Vintage Blades) is on the left and the Kent (B&B LE 2008) is on the right. Both brushes have bloomed.

I'm not a brush connoisseur, so I'll just post the pictures and let others draw their own conclusions.

Thay are both beautiful brushes and they work like a dream.

Good Lord, the Rooney appears to be larger in bloom AND more dense (but not by much).

They're both beautiful. To the OP -- do you enjoy using both?

I personally haven't used my 3/1 or any other brush since the 2008 LE arrived....

thirdeye said:

Thay are both beautiful brushes and they work like a dream.

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Indeed.

Baloosh said:

Good Lord, the Rooney appears to be larger in bloom AND more dense (but not by much).

They're both beautiful. To the OP -- do you enjoy using both?

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I think the relative bloom size and density is a little misleading because of the different shapes of the knots (as shown in the first picture). I think that if the B&B LE's knot was the same shape as the Rooney, you might find that it has a wider bloom.

I do enjoy using both. I've only used the B&B LE twice, but the tips are a bit softer. The Rooney can sometimes be a tiny pit prickly to my sensitive skin on a second or touch-up pass. Both of these brushes are very dense and have a lot of backbone.