Review (5/5): Vie-Long Special Horse Hair PB14080
This brush is beautiful, although mine isn't red on top. It's kind of a persimmon color, still nice actually. The bottom is clear acrylic with white swirled in, in my case, about 50% mix. It's on the smallish side, handle is 1.73" tall, 1.34" wide and the loft of the hair is 2.03". No noticeable odor upon receiving but haven't used it yet. Need to shampoo, rinse and dry a couple times before use. This is my first horsehair brush, this one is a 75th anniversary series and seems really soft but with a lot of backbone. Hoping and expecting this brush to be a good value with performance between badger and boar. Will update review after brush has been used enough to give proper critique. Just be aware of size and variation of color.