Very good quality: soft goat hair, it absorbs a lot of color / water and distributes it evenly. It has a very nice point. I will buy other sizes for sure! Arrived to Poland in a couple of weeks.
Brush comes in protective tube, with also protection on the tip. from new the point is very sharp ad remain the same after wetting. Even if made by goat hair, it is quite elastic and has tendency to not maintain too much the bends (like sumi-e brush do), whend painting. the point of the handle(made by plastic) features a slanted cut, useful to make different effects as grass, wires or other similar shapes. This brush will take place aside of my martens brush for other specific uses. As per first impression I'm very satisfied.