1, hard brush

The bristles of hard bristle pens are elastic, such as rabbit hair, wolf hair, deer hair, rat beard, stone badger hair, mountain horse hair and mane. Rabbit writing brush Rabbit writing brush has a long history. The Warring States pens unearthed in Changsha were made with rabbit writing brush. It is made by splitting one end of the pen into several sections, inserting the nib, and then tying it tightly with silk thread. Rabbit hair is divided into purple hair and gray hair.

2. Soft brush

Soft hair brushes are less elastic and softer. Generally made of wool, chicken feathers, fetal hair and other soft hairs. Wool pen is made of goat hair, which is softer than purple brush. Because wool is thinner and longer, it is suitable for writing big characters and broken characters.

3, double-sided brush

"Double brush", as the name implies, means to have both. That is to say, hard hair is the core, soft hair is the periphery, and the brushwork is between hard hair and soft hair. Generally, the production ratio of purple wool and sheep wool is different. For example, "three purple and seven sheep", "seven purple and three sheep", "five purple and five sheep" and so on.

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Maintenance of brushes:

(1) To start a new pen, you must start it first. Soak the bought pen in warm water for not too long until the nib is completely opened. Don't melt the glue at the root of the pen, otherwise it will become a "brush" and your hair will fall off easily.

(2) Be sure to get the pen wet before writing. It is not allowed to write as soon as the pen is stained with ink. The method is to soak the brush with clear water first, and then lift it. Don't soak it for a long time to avoid gel at the root of the brush. After that, the pen is hung upside down until the tip of the pen regains toughness, which takes about tens of minutes.

(3) After that, you can start writing, and this "ink entry" is also a big problem. In order to make the ink penetrate into the writing brush evenly, the clear water must be sucked dry first, and the pen can be lightly dragged on the absorbent paper until it is dry.

(4) Wash the pen immediately after writing. Ink has colloid. If it is not washed off, the ink and colloid will stick together firmly after the pen is dried, so it is not easy to melt when it is reused, and it is easy to break the pen.

(5) After washing, drain the remaining water of the pen and straighten it [before inking]. Then hang the pen on the pen holder and let the remaining water continue to drip until it is dry. It should be placed in a cool place and dried in the shade to keep the original shape and characteristics of the pen, and should not be exposed to the sun.

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