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@Andrew
Well, I won't be buying any levers right away - I have some old Exage levers to play with, so I will find out how grabby they are. I have to say I do like them quite grabby in a sense - I generally set up my brakes to bite as soon as I touch the levers. I will see. Thing is I had a rear 4500 caliper, so just bought the front (a 4600) to match. £20. In fact, I could not see any Shimano calipers that did not say they needed that set of matching STi levers. At Wiggle that is. There are other brands of course.
If it works I can buy some nice levers.
If it is grabby I will either get rid of the brakes and get something with less specific compatibility requirements or dab a little grease on the brake blocks to smooth things out.