Finnish Hand Brush, Tar Birch
£24.50
Ex Tax: £20.42
A fairly soft hand brush made with a pine tar treated birch stock cut from slow growing Fennoscandian boreal forests hand stitched with dark horse hair blend bristles by the crafts people of a Finnish visually impaired workers cooperative. As well as granting the brush its distinctive dark looks pine tar is a traditional wood preserving and protective treatment, granting the brush some extra protection from spills or damp storage, or as a disguise for soot marks if used as a fireside aid. Just over 30cm overall length.
Care Advice
Keep dry when not in use. In the case of wet-use brushes, please shake any excess moisture from the bristles, and dry hanging up or on a surface with the bristles facing down. Clean brushes only when necessary with a little shampoo and hot water, making sure to dry thoroughly. Condition the wooden surface every now and then with a beeswax furniture polish, or mineral oil, to prevent cracks or splitting. Note that clothes moths will go for animal fibre brushes in the same way that they will for animal fibre clothes. Keep brushes in a dust free environment, and treat surfaces with cedar oil to repel them.
- Materials Pine tar soaked boreal birchwood and horsehair
A fairly soft hand brush made with a pine tar treated birch stock cut from slow growing Fennoscandian boreal forests hand stitched with dark horse hair blend bristles by the crafts people of a Finnish visually impaired workers cooperative. As well as granting the brush its distinctive dark looks pine tar is a traditional wood preserving and protective treatment, granting the brush some extra protection from spills or damp storage, or as a disguise for soot marks if used as a fireside aid. Just over 30cm overall length.
Care Advice
Keep dry when not in use. In the case of wet-use brushes, please shake any excess moisture from the bristles, and dry hanging up or on a surface with the bristles facing down. Clean brushes only when necessary with a little shampoo and hot water, making sure to dry thoroughly. Condition the wooden surface every now and then with a beeswax furniture polish, or mineral oil, to prevent cracks or splitting. Note that clothes moths will go for animal fibre brushes in the same way that they will for animal fibre clothes. Keep brushes in a dust free environment, and treat surfaces with cedar oil to repel them.
- Materials Pine tar soaked boreal birchwood and horsehair
