SOC. Not fully broken in by any means but I did the cold water for 3 days with 10 minutes of brushing against a towel each day. It’s definitely softer than when it first arrived but I don’t think it’s quite fully there yet. Starting to see some good split ends though. I havent used a boar brush in a long time so I’m not sure how soft it is supposed to get compared to pure, best, or silvertip badger. It’s not an every day brush for me yet but I may have to just lather it up daily for a while just to get it broken in a bit quicker.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk