Sekelbos is a lovely wood with stunning deep red colour, but are unfortunately prone to cracks that will run through the entire section of wood, stabalizing it with some sort of compound would be advised, and we used white resin for just this purpose. The brush weighs 90 grams, and stands 122 mm tall with a loft set at 56 mm. The body has a base diameter of 39 mm with a stem thinning to 23 mm at the narrowest end. This brush is fitted with a 26 mm horse hair knot in a globe shape.
Many Boar and Horse hair knots will lose some hair with the first couple of uses, wrinse well after use and give it some shakes and strokes to get rid of all the loose fibres.
Horse hair knots are not the best exfoliators, so if you love using the shaving brush in a 'painting-your-face' motion then you may consider this strapping brush.