All brushes are made using natural hairs for the heads, West Virgina bamboo for the handles, and leather or linen for the hanging straps. The decorative handle wraps are done with waxed Irish Linen threads.  I hand-craft them all in my Harpers Ferry studio, using strong epoxy resins as the adhesive, and with minimal care will provide many years of use in your studio.

White Asian Goat Hair, Brown Horse Hair, and Broom Corn for a variety of marks and textures when you apply slips and glazes

These brown slip brushes are made with horse tail hair and have a medium coarseness that will leave a nice medium hakame texture to your slips

These brown slip brushes are made with horse tail hair and have a medium coarseness that will leave a nice medium hakame texture to your slips

These brushes are made form Amish Broom Corn (the millet plant) and are great for leaving strong texture marks in your hakame slip applications.  

These brushes are made form Amish Broom Corn (the millet plant) and are great for leaving strong texture marks in your hakame slip applications.

These white brushes are made from Asian goat hair and are very soft and fine.  They leave little if any texture marks behind and are great for smooth application of slips and glazes.

These white brushes are made from Asian goat hair and are very soft and fine. They leave little if any texture marks behind and are great for smooth application of slips and glazes.

I currently use 3 different hair types for these production brushes.  The "salt and pepper" black/white is from Gray Squirrel, and the beautiful orange hair is from Red Squirrel.  The longer coarser white and brown mix is Eastern White Tail Deer tail - or "BuckTail"  The squirrel hair is quite soft and absorbent and good for thin to medium materials.  The BuckTail is somewhat coarse and works best for medium (think tomato soup) to thick materials.

The hair in the squirrel brushes is the finest I use, and works well with slightly thinner decorating materials like underglazes, stains, oxides, and is also great for inks and watercolors. These squirrel hair brushes do not work well with VERY thick materials like fat slips.

The hair in the squirrel brushes is the finest I use, and works well with slightly thinner decorating materials like underglazes, stains, oxides, and is also great for inks and watercolors. These squirrel hair brushes do not work well with VERY thick materials like fat slips.

The BuckTail hair is fairly coarse and works great with thicker materials like slips and thick glazes.  This hair is not very good with very thin materials as it tends to drip easily.

A really great brush for medium to thick materials like slips, glazes, or thicker underglazes.  All the hog brushes are medium sized and will vary slightly from the photo.

Ringtail used to be one of my favorite "go to" hairs for best brushes - but now costs so much and is so hard to find that they had to become a "specialty" item for me.  The hair is great for thin to medium thickness materials and behaves as well as any brush hair you can buy. They are wonderful for watercolor and ink as well. I am very sad that the hair has become so rare and expensive - sorry!!  These are examples brushes vary.  PLEASE NOTE : At times there are no Ringtails available to me - if this should be the case when you order I will contact you with options - including a full refund for the purchase.

A variety of special brushes for applying slips and glazes - they are "dressed up" and take frightening amounts of time to craft!

A medium sized brush made from horse mane hair with a brushed copper ferrel.  Great for leaving medium to strong hakame marks in slips.  This is an example brushes vary.

This Broom Corn Brush is spread into a rake shape with cedar, and sewn with linen thread.  It will leave great strong hakame marks in your slips or glazes, and can be softened a bit to make the shaft more flexible, by soaking it in clean water for 5-10 minutes or so before using.  This is an example brushes vary.

This Broom Corn Brush is spread into a rake shape with cedar, and sewn with linen thread. It will leave great strong hakame marks in your slips or glazes, and can be softened a bit to make the shaft more flexible, by soaking it in clean water for 5-10 minutes or so before using.  This is an example brushes vary.

This paddle shaped brush is made from horse tail hair with a medium coarseness, and will leave nice moderate hakame marks in your slips and glazes.  It is sewn with linen threads, and the hair is set with a strong epoxy bond for many years of use without "shedding".  This is an example brushes vary.

This ringtail cat tail brush is crafted from my most beautiful bamboo pieces and has special copper ferrels for hairs or leather straping. Ringtail is my favorite brush hair and is very versatile.  These are examples - actual brush may vary slightly.

This ringtail cat tail brush is slightly smaller than specialty #5 brushes but shares the same basic makeup.  These brushes are my best bamboo pieces, copper accents, and extra linen thread wrappings.

This Horse Tail hair brush uses multiple sizes of my best bamboo and has extra linen thread wrappings.

This Horse Tail hair brush is crafted from multiple bundles of hair to create a wide scale brush and also uses my best bamboo and building skills. This brush is as much about sculpture as it is about function.

This white Goat hair brush is crafted from multiple bundles of hair to create a wide scale brush and also uses my best bamboo pieces and building skills.  This brush is as much about sculpture as it is about function.

A fine tail tip extra long Black Sable decorating brush.  Great for medium to thin materials.  The exposed sable hair is over 3" long and tapers to a VERY fine point.