I use badger brushes for blending glass paints in the stained glass industry. This photo and description does not match what you will recive. At all. The brush has no long handle. Indeed the brush I received had no handle at all. From the appearance, the brush I received seemed to have fewer bristles as well, though I have no way of confirming this, as it is hard to compare relative thickness to a photo. I thought that the brush was priced inexpensively, and was very excited to get it... unfortunately, it was not at all what I hoped, or the photo indicated, I would receive. If you need a badger brush, go for a different brand.