Kolinsky Sable Watercolor Brushes, 10pcs Sable Detail Paint Brush Set Will Keep a Fine Tip Point and Spring for Watercolor Acrylic Gouache, Miniature, Nail Art & Models

I paint miniatures to a pretty high standard, both for my own collection, and for clients. I bought these brushes and would absolutely buy them again. The price is reasonable, the sizes are great for miniature painting, and the bristles do a great job holding a manageable tip.

Very nice brushes, hair is in tact and stay in place.

This is about the set of Kolinsky Sable watercolor brushes with the triangular grip on the handles. This is NOT about any other Fuumuui set. Keep this in mind. It's made by Fuumuui, and the entire set costs around $20 USD. For some perspective, I also bought a Windsor & Newton #3 Kolinsky Sable Rigger brush in the same purchase. The single rigger cost me $4 USD MORE than the entire set of Fuumuui sable brushes. Next thing -- "Kolinsky" is NOT a BRAND. It is a particular breed of sable, a small animal in the mustelidae family, a group that also includes, weasels, minks, ferrets, and many others. "Kolinsky" is the name given to a specific breed of mink-like animals with fur that is especially useful to make paintbrushes. Fuumuui is the brand these brushes are made and sold under. So those of you who are saying they're "fake" because they aren't "Kolinsky Brand", they're "Fuumuui Brand", need to pay better attention in art class, or, I don't know, maybe look it up. I've seen more than one review making this specious criticism. I will admit I haven't been using these brushes for very long. I'm in the middle of a painting right now, and I'm using brushes from two Fuumuui sets, this one and their set of natural squirrel brushes. So far, they are behaving as advertised. They hold a goodly amount of water and paint, and are decent at spreading it on my paper. They do gradient washes just fine. When you work slowly and precisely, they have not impeded my efforts to paint with precision. I followed their instructions for care and washed them with lukewarm water and a touch of soap. Not a lot, just a tad. They came clean easily, and were just as easily reshaped to their proper shape before I put them away. The shape of the tuft is not automatic, you must assist it in maintaining that shape. If you just wash them and squeeze the water out, then just stick them in the box, they probably won't have that pleasing pointed shape when you pull them out of the box again. You need to help the process along, and reshape the tuft with your fingers. Lastly, I saw at least one review making the disparaging assessment "these brushes are NOT Windsor & Newton quality". Those people are correct. They aren't. They ARE decent brushes in my estimation, and if treated well will perform well. Specific brushes do not make you a good, accurate, or precise painter. Practice does that. The brush will help you but can't do it for you. So consider that this set of sable watercolor brushes cost around $20 USD. For the entire set. That's only $2 USD per brush. As I pointed out earlier, I spent $24 USD on a SINGLE Windsor & Newton brush. So I would simply say that it is unreasonable to expect these Fuumuui sable brushes to have a level of quality that they did not claim to have. If you're expecting a $2 brush to be as good as a $24 brush is, to be painfully honest, a very odd expectation. I bought these brushes because they say they're for watercolor use. They come in the sizes I want. They claim to be Kolinsky Sable, which may or may not be true, but there are probably a whole spectrum of quality sable hair on a given animal. These might not be the BEST hair from a Kolinsky sable, but they also might be Kolinsky sable hair from another part of the animal, or from hair shed at a different time of year, or simply from inferior animals. I do not get mad at the beef in a McDonald's hamburger because it is not Wagyu quality. And it is utterly unreasonable to make that comparison. All this said, I'm just starting out, both in watercolors and with these brushes. I'll be watching for how well they perform over time. I suspect that about the time I can make a long-term determination of how well these brushes served, I may have discovered that I only use a couple of the brushes from this set, and the others see no or nearly no use. Then I will replace the set with the two or three brushes I DO use with a higher-grade of brush. Maybe even Windsor & Newton. But for now, as a beginner, these brushes are fine. And I only paid $20 USD for the entire set. I would kick myself around the block if I get tired of doing watercolors six months from now and had paid $100 or more for my sables instead of $20. Manage your expectations while managing your expenses and if later you find these brushes truly bad, then at least you didn't spend $24 per brush, and managed to do it with $2 brushes.

This was a gift and she loved them

This is my first set of real hair brushes, I've been painting miniatures over 20 years and I've only ever used synthetics. For my first set, I'm not impressed. While labeled as kolinsky sable, that can't be true because the US hasn't allowed import of sable hair since 2021. Secondly, the brushes have significant curling in the tips even before wetting them (see pictures) The curling just gets worse when wet and it's more than annoying. One brush I pulled from the protector already had a 'stray' sticking out from the ferrule that wouldn't clean up when wet, just stuck out there waiting to add a body line to anything I'd try to paint. Swirling the brush after getting paint on it didn't cure the curl and instead just twisted the fibers into a swirl...that was curved. I suppose you get what you pay for, and 20 bucks isn't much, but I honestly get more utility from "level 2" synthetics bought from Michael's. Returning these immediately.

I realized recently, that l had not bought new brushes in about 15 years. And this set hit all the selling points on my list - brush size variety, comfort of handles, paint retention, and ease of paint flow. I have been in the tabletop wargame miniatures hobby for almost 30 years, and these are some of the best brushes l have ever used.

Not impressed with them as brushes for miniature painting. I've been building and painting models for decades and I've never seen detail brushes break down as quickly as these do. After just a few minutes of painting, the tip curled and lost its sharp point. So, I rinsed it and then cleaned it with brush cleaner/conditioner. Tried again - same resultant curl. Moved onto a different brush - same result. Cheaply made and it shows.

I really love these brushes. I find that they are of excellent quality. They hold a good edge and have sufficient paint "loading" ability. I think these were a good value for the price. My son uses them for fine 3d printing models and I use them for painting with the grandkids. They clean up easily.

Product was not what showed up, was a bunch of mediocre synthetic brushes in a cardboard box. Clearly false advertisement.

Oh ! wow so many didn’t expect that number 😅, just tried them look good so far