BASIC ELEMENT - Weasel Hair Hard-Tip Fineline Gongbi Sumi Brush

Classic Weasel / Wolf Hair paint brush with a Medium Tip for Calligraphy Writing, Sumi-e and fine line Painting. Buying a set (one item per each size) of this Brush will save you $1.98. Tip Hair Material: Weasel Hair Tip Resilience / Hair Type: Hard Hair Tip Resilience: Hard Tip Dimensions: L: 1.7 in x 0.4 in / 4.4 cm x 1.1 cm M: 1.57 in x 0.39 in / 4.0 cm x 1.0 cm S: 1.49 in x 0.35 in / 3.8 cm x 0.9 cm Total Length: L: 10.5 in / 26.9 cm M: 10.4 in / 26.6 cm S: 10.3 in / 26.3 cm Handle Material: Wood Usage: Calligraphy Writing, especially for Cao Shu and Xing Shu scripts, and Painting Despite its name, the Basic Element Wolf Hair Brush is made of weasel hair. The reason for the discrepancy is that the Chinese characters Lang Hao can mean either wolf or weasel hair, so many brushes made of weasel hair are labeled wolf hair. And though wolf hair brushes do exist, they are rare and expensive. At The Chinese Calligraphist, we use the term wolf hair to denote high quality weasel hair, and use weasel hair to label more basic weasel hair brushes. So, since this brush is called wolf hair, it is made of the finest weasel hair, which makes for a stiff and resilient tip. Thusly, the brush…