Da Vinci Black Sable Series 1640

Name: Da Vinci Black Sable Series 1640
Brand: Bird & Davis

Bird & Davis

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Da Vinci Oil Painting Brushes - Round S1640 - Black Sable Russian black sable, also known as high quality Russian fitch hair, lies directly between artist Chungking bristle and the finest Kolinsky red sable, but still gives the painter the benefits of red sable; its stiffness allows for bristlelike strokes, only smoother without marking the paint layers. In larger sizes black sable brushes have great colour carrying capacity. Excellent for delicate blending and smoothing out ridges, it is a favourite among portrait and realist painters. It is the most stable oil painting brush in the whole ass

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Registered at Companies House as BIRD & DAVIS LIMITED, number 00229477. Checked 2026-08-29.
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Da Vinci Black Sable Series 1640

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