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I've found myself painting a bunch of terrain recently, and I love the kind of brushes that come to a point on the end, but primarily end in a sharp edge. They're brilliant for base coating buildings because you can do small detail here and there but also lay down a lot of paint at once.

The problem I find with them is even though I can keep a pointed brush going for months without so much as a trim (I wash with brush soap regularly) the wedge brushes die so fast I feel like I need a new one after a month.

I'm not sure if it's the shape, or the size of the ferrule, but they very quickly go from a sharp edge to a fairly useless poof of bristles going in every direction.

Does anyone have any experience with rehabilitating/preserving this style of brush?

In my experience you have to be a little more gentle and precose with the way you use and clean square-topped brushes; when I clean them I don't mush them around as much as I would with a round brush. I get some soap on my fingers, pinch the bristles between my fingers, and work it gently into the base where it meets the ferrule. Then kinda squeeze and massage the brush under warm water, squeezing down the bristles towards the tip to clean the length of them; alwas trying to avoid forcing the bristles sideways so they cross each other. Sounds almost sensual when I read that back... Oh dear.

That was actually rather hard to explain... TL;DR what's worked for me has been trying not to upset the brustle alignment quite as much when cleaning them out. This also applies to cleaning with just water; try not to smush them around too much in the pot, wet them then squeeze out with your fingers.