Da Vinci black sable 1845 series oil painting brush has long maroon polished handle. It has Russian black sable hair. It is so called so-called silver ferrule. Filberts that combine the advantages of flat and round brush. Russian black sable, also known as high quality Russian Fitch hair, lies directly between artist Chungking bristle and the finest kolinsky red sable, but still gives the painter the benefits of red sable; its stiffness allows for bristle like strokes, only smoother without marking the paint layers. In size 20 black sable brush have great colour carrying capacity. Excellent for delicate blending and smoothing out ridges, it is a favourite among portrait and realist painters. It is the most stable oil painting brush in the whole assortment. Seamless, nickel-plated brass ferrules give it durability and black sable is a great value when compared to kolinsky red sable hair.