da Vinci Oil & Acrylic Series 1203 Maestro Rigger Brush, XL-Length Sharp Needle-Point Kolinsky Red Sable with Black Polished Handle, Size 8

This company gets 5+ stars for not only a professional product, but also very impressive customer care. They even follow up to make sure you are happy with any issues or questions you might have.I will be placing future orders directly with them so that I can be confident that my purchase will be properly handled.

A bit disappointed in this.....couldn't get the snap to the bristle point that I would has expected, even with most synthetic brushes. Overall a decent everyday brush

As I have written elsewhere... Since I bought the size 6, I have put together a set of these brushes (2, 4, 6, 10 & 20) that I use to apply a cobalt/gerstley borate mix (Floyd blue stain) and mason stain/gerstley borate mixes on bisqued porcelain: They're almost perfectly suited to it! They hold quite a lot of material. The point is superb. Flow is superb. Action is excellent. With them I can create beautiful and *long* sharp lines (depending upon technique, of course; they are also well suited to creating a beautiful mess if that's what you're going for!) Worth every penny! (especially at these prices)

Good quality brush, holds point and paint to flows nicely.

The brush itself is wonderful, a little longer than expected, but the bristles gather and paint evenly and smoothly. The packaging could have been better, as it came only with a clear protector at the tip loose in the box. Luckily, it was not damaged like the other brushes in my order.

I read reviews from people saying the shipping of these brushes is an issue. I found the same. Brush is amazing, but the shipping was loose in a box and some bristles were splayed. I think it's going to settle down but until I figure that out I'm not buying any more. Too bad they can't come up with a simple solution to prevent brush damage. No way I'd buy one of the larger ones and have it damaged.

Super quality brush. Resilient and springy yet incredibly smooth.I would recommend the shipper put the protective sheath over brush hairs, though luckily mine did not get damaged.

Oil brushes are usually about half the size as the same number in watercolor brushes. So this #12 oil kolinsky was like a 5 or 6 (in watercolor size).

Ya perdí la cuenta de las veces que me ha pasado. A la hora de embalar los productos no consideran que se trate de algo delicado. En este caso se trataba de un pincel Kolinsky, cuya punta no tenía ningún tipo de protección (que no hay problema, un buen empaque y llegan bien), pero lo metieron en una caja en la que apenas cabía el mango atravesado, se nota que lo metieron a la fuerza. Por lo que la punta quedó aplastada contra el cartón, aunque fue metido tan a la fuerza, que esa punta terminó saliendo parcialmente por una de las esquinas de la caja. El resultado: deformación irremediable de la punta, pérdida de pelo y otros doblados. Al tratarse de materiales artísticos solo daños menores representan perdidas significativa de su utilidad, sino es que quedan inutilizables.La calificación no es por el producto, se nota que era de calidad, sino por el embalaje del paquete.

After a long weight...the brush arrived broken in 1/2 !! Really you could not have put it in aplastic tube?

Der Pinsel war in keinster Weise geschützt verpackt. Flog einzeln im Packet rum, kam völlig zerstört an, alle Pinselhaare waren verbogen und geknickt. Eine Schutzhülle über den Pinselhaaren hätte dies verhindert. Leider nur noch Schrott.

I bought this paint brush while it was on sale as the cost was quite high. I expected a good product however the first time it was washed ( very gently ) the bristles flared out. I tried to form the bristles while it was drying but the brush never went back to the way it was.

All the bristles were bent and sticking out everywhere when package arrived. A very poor quality brush.