I was impressed from the moment that I received these brushes in the mail. They seemed sturdy in their case and I loved the variety. I do a lot of acrylic painting and to be honest I found them a bit difficult to work with as not only were the handles long, but the bristles were long too. This made it hard to do smaller spots on the canvas. I like a bristle that is somewhere between soft and hard and these leaned a bit more on the soft side. I also found that I had to scrub pretty hard to get them clean after use. The plus is that there were a wide variety of brushes and in different size. They are nice to have, but they will not be my go to regular use brush.

The brushes feel to me like sable, not so stiff as many nylon bristle brushes. This makes them ideal for glazing, but the longer bristle brushes are not quite so good for heavy body acrylic work because they flex and lose their shape too easily against the high viscosity paints. The shorter bristles have no problem with heavy body and are still good for low viscosity painting techniques such as glazing.

The ferules are matte metal and as such tend to stain with certain paints. The bristles clean very well. The handles are also matte, seem to be painted in almost a milk paint. They are attractive, well balanced, have a great carrying case and work very well at glazing and fluid painting, but can be used for more heavy body with some success, though if you like a stiffer brush these are not for you. I like them for what they are. I will take one star (actually if allowed it would be a half star) for the matte finishes; they are harder to clean paint off.

I am so excited about these brushes. They are very well made. Perfect set of brushes with a nice carrying case. Clean easily, no hair loss so far. Worth every penny.