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Wood species isn't that important.
I read somewhere that the reason for cedar is actually an American thing as its a cheap wood in North America. It's "drying properties" were a later marketing addition.
Shoe brushes for the leather should be horse hair and boar/pig hair for the sole or bit in between the sole and upper.
Aliexpress is a good source. I got a shit looking one and then reshaped the handle and refinished it. It looks quite post now.
The little round ones like this are the most practical for application
and for off, just the biggest softest one you can find.
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In other news I'm in the shoe equivalent of "fixie discoverery phase of 2007" I think. Got some shoe trees today, made of beech apparently. I'm sure that's frowned upon and should have been some other type of wood. Also bought a couple of brushes for polishing, waxing etc. which may or may not have been made from some sort of animal hair.