Bristle Paint Brushes: Wide Flat and a Set of Rounds and Flats

A brush is a knot of bristle held in a metal ferrule on a wooden handle. Hog bristle is stiffer and stronger than soft hair; a flat brush spreads paint quickly and evenly, a round one with a pointed tip does detail. Bind and glue boar-bristle knots, set them in copper ferrules, and fit beech handles: a wide flat brush and a set of small flats, rounds, a filbert and a liner. The picture: our diagram, a wide flat brush and four small brushes.