Da Vinci Hog Bristle Fan Brush Size 4 - Perfect for Oil Painting & Varnishing

Nice brush, but the one I received was not double thick hog bristle, which was the reason I purchased it in the first place. It was just a regular hog bristle fan brush. I would have returned it, if I had paid more for it.I don't expect a Da Vinci brush will look like this. The fan is so uneven. The middle bristles bent to one side and there is 1 odd bristle stretched to another side.Badger hairs are uneven -- mostly straight hairs which is the way a fan blender should be -- but there are plenty of wavy hairs which defeat the purpose of this brush. To make matters worse, this fan blender did not come with a protective sleeve so brush hairs arrived bent out of shape.Very nice. I am able to smooth my oils out without leaving brush strokes. Thanks!Only one brush for $32. The picture shows 7. They should represent the product as it is, only one brush, very deceiving. I could buy a couple of badgers for $32.I havent used this brush yet, but it is nice and bushy. Defiantly double thick!likeMy brush came packaged very well so Amazon must have figured out the problem. I bought this brush because I heard or read that Gerhard Richter uses the da Vinci Badger brushes to get his blur effect. The brush blends and blurs incredibly. Have bought two and pleased with both of them. Excellent quality.I love this product, I use it to wash my make up brushes and my face painting brushes. It does such a good job, it removes most of the stain left from make up.I would highly recommend buying this product, it lasts so long too! I bought it around June or July 2015 and it's still pretty much the same size as it was when I first bought it.I had seen this sold on Face Paint websites for a little more and discovered it on here for cheaper! cleans and conditions the brushes after use perfectly. Much better than ordinary soap and cleans them far better. Even after they appear to rinse clean, this soap drags so much more paint out of the brushes. Highly recommend and envisage will last a long time. Value for moneyI buy this for my son who is a make up artist, he uses it to clean his brushes and it does the job perfectly .