I know this sounds sad but I really like running my hands throught the Addis, it feels really nice. I've actually recently noticed how important splay is, my vikan monofilaments are hard to splay at even 18ft, The bentley/vikan flocked have better cleaning power in my view. Im looking forward to using Jeffs Addis, I may use it instead of the Bentley who knows, afterall Jeff does have alot of wfp experience, more than anybody I know and hes experiemnted with lots of diferent techniques and equipment, Luke