What Animal Hair Is a Wolf Hair Brush Actually Made Of? A Full Analysis of the Raw Material Sources
Wolf hair brushes are generally made from weasel tail hair produced in Northeast China, or from the hair on a yellow weasel's tail. The surface of a wolf hair brush appears tender yellow or yellow with a slight tinge of red, with a luster; on close inspection, every hair stands firm and upright. So how do you tell the real from the fake?
How to Identify a Real or Fake Wolf Hair Brush?
1. Price
Pure wolf hair brushes are generally relatively expensive; under normal circumstances, without considering labor, counting only the conversion of materials, the cost is about 18-19.5 yuan. The longer the exposed tip, the more the material price rises exponentially. From a cost perspective, a pure wolf hair finished brush with a 30mm exposed tip will not cost less than 100 yuan (normally around 120).
2. Color
On a pure wolf hair brush, the color at the base of the brush is relatively light, gradually deepening toward the tip; the color, though not vivid, is very soft, and the grain of the hair is also relatively clear.
3. Touch
For convenience of transport at the time of purchase, brush tips are generally already shaped, so they cannot be stroked. If possible, you can gently stroke the opened brush tip against your cheek: pure wolf hair feels like touching a fur coat, while hair mixed with nylon feels somewhat prickly.
4. Writing
A genuine wolf hair brush applies force evenly without the tip splaying, with a gentle strength, and the whole tip feels like a single integrated whole, like wielding a soft sword; a fake wolf hair brush, by contrast, has a small tip and a large belly, feeling like two separate parts, with writing heavy or light being completely different: writing with the tip feels weak and powerless, while writing with the belly is rough and hard to control.
The raw materials for wolf hair brushes are hard to obtain, and processing is relatively complex, so genuine wolf hair brushes are generally very expensive; therefore, when buying, be careful not to be fooled by unscrupulous traders passing off inferior goods as superior, and end up buying a fake wolf hair brush.