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Vintage Rooney Info?

I came across an old Rooney that I was considering getting, and I was wondering if any of you knew anything about older Rooneys, or where I could get such information.

The handle looks very much like the modern 3/2, though it doesn't have the stripey effect, and it has the old coat of arms type of logo near the bottom. There is no other marking on the brush.

The bristles are creamy at the tips, shot with the odd black hair, and a kind of reddish-brown around the center. From a distance they looked a lot like Finest grade badger, but when I took a closer look at it, they were much stiffer than I expected.

Did Rooney ever make boar brushes? Or maybe boar/badger combo? Does Badger get yellow and stiff with age? And if it does, is there any way to re-vitalize the bristles?
 
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