Raphael 8404 Kolinsky Round 5/0

I'm leaving this review as a counter voice to all the people saying that they ship with no protection. My order shipping with a perfectly acceptable amount of protection. Shipping also said about a month from SW to USA but took about 2 weeks, which pleased me. These brushes are really nice and I still have my first one from about 13 years ago and its still kicking. Bought a # 5 0 and its so tiny I love it.

For the past 4 months, I have used this brush for about 2 hours almost every day. It is now beginning to separate, but for the cost, this is a great brush!

This is as tiny as I think anyone would ever need--for a great price.

Fulfillment was a wreck, I paid for 1 day shipping, was not given one day shipping. 1 item was delivered 5 days later. one item is forecast to be delivered a week and a half later, if that.horrible experience

First of all the brush its self is good. My problem was that when my brush arrived the handle was bent. While I tried to clean the gum from the price sticker on the handle it broke in half. It didn't snap in half as if it had been bent in half, the top half pulled away from the bottom half, RIGHT WHERE IT WAS BENT. It was almost like it was already broken at the bend and gently tugging in opposite directions separated the already broken halves. Fortunately a little bit of super glue bonded the two halves together and I now have a usable brush.