Develop to meet the exacting standard of artist worldwide. The new sapphire has been designed for artist working in all mediums who love the pointing, color holding, spring and smooth application of natural sable, but equally demand the durability associated with synthetic brushes. Every brush in the range is hand-crafted in the finest materials-from start to finish. Only the best European dressed red Kolinsky is blended by hand with state-of-art synthetic filaments to ensure consistent quality. The sapphire, with its distinctive blue handle are made of kiln-dried beech wood, forested in Maine, and multi-coated in high gloss lacquer to create an attractive and long-lasting finish. The sapphire comes in a choice of 14 styles in long and short handled brushes for painting in oils, acrylics, watercolor, inks and gouache. More Robert Simmons Oil & Acrylic Brushes...