I have a few good brushes, that I've had a long time, they are carefully taken care of, but sometimes the cheap brushes rule, I hope this was a cheap brush!
i am sorry for my actions chuck and my interventions please disreguard any of my previous statements.. and that was a better than average brush, from the looks of the banding and the handle it resembles some of mine, but mine are still soft.
So what do pirates do in such cases? Make another brush out of the beard's hair of the offender?
That would not be a good brush unless you wanted to make textures with it.