The cheap ones are from the east. Most likly goaat hair NOT good the high end are for art and may be blck Rus. Squrial Very nice for water colors. Look in art supply shops.
If you wish to keep them rinc in clean DA let dry and bag in brown paper bag. Do not mix the types of finish. One brush per type. mine are ten years old and will be working after I am gone.
Frankj

Thanks! I will keep an eye for those brushes. I enjoy using shellac and will need a larger brush for my current project. I can find an art supply store, it’s just wasting an afternoon driving across town to get there. When in doubt I can allways search the internet.

Phil, I checked eBay in Canada, that brand name brush is selling for around 27 to 30 dollars plus 10 dollars shipping. Not so cheap here, the one inch Gramercy ox-hair brushes are only 23 dollars at lee valley.

I’m not sure Blick’s cost for mails overseas, but it is my “goto” spot for mail order art supplies. They have several kinds of hake brushes on the website.

http://www.dickblick.com/brushshapes/hake/

I’ve used the cheaper Yasutumo brushes I picked up at the local Guiry’s, and they’re pretty good. They’re sheep hair.

@Matthew Jones: Right? That’s what the product description says: Sheep hair. Perhaps different parts of the fleece are not considered wool.