Review of da Vinci MAESTRO Series 1505 Size 5/0 Extra Short Kolinsky Red

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Perfect! Came with a tight head and cover. Holds paint well, makes very fine and even lines, dots, etc..Exactly what I needed. Highly recommend, even over the 10/0.

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Review of Sax True Flow Size 4 Utility Camel Hair Brushes

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I used this brush for applying very thick epoxy on some very tiny parts and it worked flawlessly. I was able to mix the epoxy components thoroughly and this fine brush didn't shed a single bristle. It allowed me to place tiny spots of epoxy on very small points for a permanent bond on delicate, tiny components. Highly recommend!

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work ok.little diapointed thought they would work better ten they do.not bad if you want a brush to do coarse work

Reviews of Wrapables 50 Gift Tags/Kraft Hang Tags with Free Cut Strings

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I was worried that these were going to be that fake kraft paper type of star. These turned out to be actual kraft paper with that nice rustic kind of look. Perfect!

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Hero Arts Ink and Stamp Set, Original Mix Reviews

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I got these stamps to put into a geocache that is/was part of a GeoTour. You stamp a paper passport with the unique stamp in each cache until the passport is complete. Shipping was fast.

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Great little stamp set for a good price. Seem to be well made. I have tried 6 of them so far. Each has stamped cleanly. I am pleased with this purchase.

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For the price/value, this is a fantastic beginner's kit. Got them for my 6-year-old and 3-year-old boys. They love them.

Cheap Paasche VSR Double Action Gravity Feed Airbrush in Wood Case

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So my wife got me this airbrush gun and I love the way it fells but there is one big problem with it the hose will not screw in to the gun it will olny go on one thread so I do not know how it works or even if it does.. I would have given a better review but can not use the gun

5/14/12

So I got ahold of the paasche dealer and told them what had happen. The guy said that it might be the hose and he said that he would send a new hose out. I am pleased to say that all it was, was the hose and the gun works grate Thank you Paasche for your help....

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I own Iwata, badger and a few other AB, this one is one of the best on the market. Paasche know thier stuff. It is like the Iwata brush....Quality. The Badger brushes, e.g. the Badger 155 is junk, very badly made compared to the Paascher and Iwata brushes. I also like the Paasche VL....nice quality brush!

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I have owned only one airbrush during the last 15 years but used Badger, Iwata, etc but the VSR90 by Paasche is the best hands down. This airbrush weathered the test of time and has been an excellent performer for quarts of paint sent through the nozzle. Alas after years of abuse, time to replace with the same model. Get one, they last, take abuse, paint excellently and are easy to maintain.

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Owned it for a week now. It works well.

The trigger is a "push down" to flow the air, and pull back while pushing to start the paint flow. It's like a throttle...pull back a little...get a little paint...pull back allot, get "allot" of paint. Remember, it's a small airgun, you wont paint a car with it unless you use toothbrushes to scrub floors!

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I like the hose. Fabric covered, very flexible/relaxed.

Good solid gun. Feels good in the hand.

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Similar to a previous review: the hose fitting to the airgun tolerance is VERY tight. I considered sending it back, but chose to use the pliers instead. SO, I do recommend a quick-disconnect so you only have to screw hose on once.

The paint cup/siphon also has very tight tolerance; took a second or two to twist and "cram" it in. I don't plan on tanking it off often either.

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Both needles were bent. Parts aligned so that any needle I put in will bend. Will not use this air stick.

Sakura 38176 10-Piece Gelly Roll Assorted Colors Blister Card Review

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All of the Gelly Roll pens I have purchase are great quality! You can go to the Sakura web-site as the opacity and papers they work well with are different for the different types of gelly roll pens, souffle, moonlight, stardust, metallic,ect...If you are a scrapbooker the souffle and glaze pens have some texture when dry and do well on acrylic.

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Gelly Roll makes the best milky gel pens. The pen is air tight and keeps the ink fluid so the ink rolls off of the ball with no false starts.

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Consider my rating 4 1/2 stars. I have been trying to find multicolor gel pens for use on black paper for some time now. In my experience with others, the flow was very inconsistent and the color was more like a watercolor or virtually did not show up at all. Occasionally I would get some where some of the colors showed up but others would not.

These work! All the lighter colors show up brilliantly on black paper and a couple of the darker colors show up less on black paper, which is to be expected. I have not tried them in UV light yet but with the great way they show up in regular light, I'm not concerned about how well they work in UV light. You can produce some really nice art with these on black paper.

Almost perfect, with only the occasional flow problem, but better than any I have found. Others that may not like these probably don't have experience with other pens and don't know that this really is as good as it gets with gel pens for use on black paper. Highly recommended!

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I am a commercial artist who uses pastel gel pens a lot. This product, Sakura 38176 10-piece Gelly Roll Assorted Colors, is a popular example. The downside of pastel gel pens is that they quit working after a rather short period of time. Well, I am excited to report that here is an answer to this problem!

Here's how: (1) Heat some water to simmer in a large diameter frying pan (fill about 1/4 the pan). (2) Place your dry pens in a cake pan, and float the cake pan in the simmering water. (3) If you have one, put a lid over the frying pan. No lid? Not a problem. (4) Let pens warm up for around 10-15 minutes, then take them out of the frying pan. (5) Choose a pen to experiment and make some scribble circles on paper. You should be rewarded with a flow of pastel ink! That's it. Good luck to you.

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I LOVE Sakura's gelly pens. I've been using them since the 'fad' of dark paper got started. By the way, where did all that dark paper go? I wish I'd bought up all the black notebook paper I could get my hands on! Ahem, back to the subject. These Moonlight gelly pens by Sakura are very freeflowing, have a medium point, and as advertised on the package 'act like paint pens on most surfaces'. Five of the ten colors are 'regular' pens, with intense, vivid ink in different shades including a wonderful blue and a teal green that's very hard to find. The other five colors are what I'd call 'neon' but they aren't described that way. The package lists these five colors as 'glow under black light'. I haven't got access to blacklight type lights, so I can't comment on how the pens perform when exposed to it. However, these 'neon' shades are just as vivid and intense as the others, and offer a nice, lighter color contrast to the first five pens. I have used these to detail some celtic-type designs on the title page of a book I own, and have used them in various coloring-type books, as well as writing with them. Unless you are scrapbooking, it would be a waste to just write with this set of pens. They work so wonderfully as 'paint pens' I'm saving them for exactly that. The flow is excellent, easy control, quick drying (don't smudge for at least 30 seconds to be safe-when all 'wet' looking areas are gone, the ink is dry, waterproof, etc.) The ink in these pens creates a slightly 'raised' feel (very subtle, though) when the ink is dry-on paper. I haven't tried them on other surfaces, though several are listed on the package as suggestions. I have a feeling I'll be ordering these again in the near future. I love the metallic, sparkle and other effects. I'm on the lookout for some 'swirl' type 'milky' gel pens (as hard to find as black paper!), but these moonlight pens are an excellent addition to my pen collection! I've ordered from this seller several times in the last 2 years and have been impressed with the professionalism, speed of delivery, quality of product and packaging every time! Go ahead and try these pens, you won't be disappointed.

Cheap 32" (80cm) addi Turbo Circular Knitting Needles

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Addis are incredible needles and make knitting so much easier. The finish is nickle-plated which allows the yarn to glide effortlessly so you aren't constantly trying to move the stitches up into knitting position.

The join between the cable and the needle is so transparent so your stitches don't get caught coming and going.

The cable can be a bit stiff but if you warm it in hot water, prior to use, that will overcome that problems. The lace version cables are much more flexible.

The only thing to be careful of is sometimes the needle can be "too slippery" which means new knitters may be more prone to drop a stitch at the beginning or end of a row.

Other than that, if you are experienced and your the type of knitter whose needles fly, these are the best needles in terms of quality.

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I asked a friend to pick me up a couple of circulars from the yarn store the next time she went, and she brought these back. I was a little horrified at how expensive they were (nearly twice the price of other circulars!), but really not having time to return them, decided to give them a shot.

I'm so glad I did! If you do a lot of knitting and have the extra cash, these are definitely worth it. I'm tearing through the sweater I'm working on, and it will be hard to go back to go back to my other needles when I'm done. Serously considering buying the set!

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Nice and smooth-helps to knit quickly. Yarn won't get caught where needles attach to cord. Good quality. Exactly what I needed!

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These needles are everything the reviews say they are. I love them and I would recommend them to everyone who wants a silky feeling needle.

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Unless I am working with a very slippery yarn, I use Addi Turbo needles for everything. Some of my needles are 13 years old and some sizes are used daily (no kidding, fiber arts is my business) so can attest to their longevity and hard work. There are no snags at the join, like some other lesser quality needles have, and there is no discoloration with the needles. Your hands warm the needles and they are a pleasure to work with. I love to use the longer needles to knit my socks instead of double pointed needles

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This system is a great system to begin learning how to airbrush tattoos. I did have a little trouble trying to keep the airbrush with constant flow of paint. I learned to make sure it is very clean between uses. The system came with the wrong connector, but TCP global was quick to send me a connector right away with no charge.

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I saw decorating tips in a cupcake book and I looked for these plates everywhere. I finally risked this pack (it had no pictures, now I'm adding some) and they are exactly what I expected. So the thing is I have to test them on paper and fondant but they are absolutely pretty!!

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These are beautiful and easy to use to add visual interest to art projects and drawings. My students (K-4) love to use them during free time and arts & crafts. They are thick, rigid plastic and seem like they will last a very long time.

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Bought these for my wife who dose a LOT of scrap booking and card making. She just loves them, they add that extra oomph that you sometimes need to put things over the top

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This is a lot easier to use than I thought it would be. It's a great product for card-making. Fiskars makes great craft products.

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Love my Fiskar Plates added to my collection because I found out how to use with a Cuttlebug. Much cheaper than buying individual embossing folders. Very fast shipping too. A satisfied customer!

Buy Royal All Media Travel Easel Artist Set With Easy To Store & Carry

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I purchased this kit for my newly adopted 17 year old daughter who has a lot of raw artistic talent. However, she has not had any formal training nor has she had many art supplies to work with. She was thrilled with this gift and has already started experimenting with the different types of paint. I think this would be good for either the trained artist or the novice!

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I bought this for my son when he was in hospital and someone at the hospital refused delivery. Getting immediate credit for the returned item was no problem. I will reorder this set as soon as I have amore "fixed" address to which to send the gift.

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simple paper stickers whose patterns rub off wherever you put them? not really worth the $8 when you could make your own with markers and mailing labels.

it's not washi tape!

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These are exceptionally nice pastels. Very soft and rich in pigment. They are handmade right here in the U.S. I recommend them. BUT, don't bother ordering them from Amazon. You'll just end up with a lot of messy dust and no pastels.

I ordered these pastels from Amazon because the price was very good compared to other places. I had to wait quite a while before they shipped. Unfortunately, when they arrived, they were CRUSHED. Not just broken ( a pastelist can make use of broken pastels). About six of the sticks were crushed to total powder. Totally unsalvageable. Amazon shipped them with no protective packaging whatsoever; they just shipped them in the tray that they came from the manufacturer in, rather than putting them into an additional padded shipping carton. Unfortunately, I was in desperate need of some of the colors in the box, so I went ahead and kept them rather than send them back. I also had a 25 piece set of fleshtones and landscape greens on order with Amazon, but after the first box arrived in such bad condition, I canceled that order and went directly to the manufacturer for the other sets.

The maker/owner of Mt. Vision pastels was excellent to work with. He matched Amazon's price on the pastels and shipped me replacements of the colors that Amazon had broken (and he sent the replacements at no charge!!!). The pastels he sent were carefully packaged to ensure safe shipping, and they arrived without so much as a chip broken off.

Buy the pastels. You'll love them. But buy them directly from Mt. Vision or another retailer who understands the proper care of art supplies.

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These pastels are a lovely texture and a very generous size. The size for the price makes them one of the best value pastels around.

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Luckily my pastels arrived in good condition, however, I agree with another reviewer they were shipped in the original box with no additional protection and the box was not even secured with any tape. This would be equal to sending a music CD without the protective plastic with a mailing label placed on the CD cover. I guess I am fortunate that no one along the way did pastels and just needed one or a few of them. I had received a 5 piece set that was entirely crumbled but they made good on it. Clearly someone returned them and they placed the box with no foam in it into a plastic bag ( filled with dust by the time I received it). I have received several other large sets and they arrived in good condition but they were placed inside an additional package with air filled wrapping. I really like Amazon but they do not have enough knowledge of pastels and the care they require.

As to the pastels they are wonderful! Colors are wonderful. Mount Vision pastels are very soft and you will love painting with them.

You may want to stick to ordering from art supply stores. Too bad they didn't listen to the concerns of the first reviewer. If they had taken steps to address the concern I would not be writing this review to suggest you use another provider.

Provo Craft Knifty Knitter Long Loom Set 4/Pkg 21-0216 Reviews

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I had purchased a similar set by the manufacture Boyle recently and I will tell you that the Boyle set was cheaply made. So I went searching for Provo Craft Knifty Knitter Long Loom Set to replace the Boyle set, for I have the round loom knitting set that Provo Craft makes. Well, I will tell you that the quality is the same as the round loom set that I own and has the same comfortable feeling in which to work with.

For those of you who would love to knit but have issues with using two needles, this is the way to go for a knitted finished look. I have already made on the round loom set a hat and I'm currently working the scarf, and to my surprise I found a pattern for fingerless gloves.

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I use these constantly and have several projects going simultaneously. I have never been disappointed with the Knifty Knitter products. I have wrapped the pegs both loose and tight and have NEVER had anything break on me. The stitches can be hard to take off if wrapped too tightly, but never has a peg broken. I have had the pegs break off during shipping due to poor packaging from a seller or rough handling by the post office, but not while knitting.

I have used yarns from regular worsted weight (4) to the extra bulky (6) and all my projects look like they were done with knitting needles and took forever to make. The beauty of these is that you can make a scarf in just a few hours, and a queen size afghan in about a week. Fabulous!

With the addition of a few great websites, you can add to your stitch repertoire and make some truly beautifuland complicated lookingprojects anyone would be proud of. The possibilities are seemingly endless. Just don't fall for the imitatorsbuy these! You won't be disappointed.

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These are pretty nice knives, though I would reccomend that they be sharpend. My dad has sharpend mine for me. I usually have him sharpen them before I use them, so the carving isn't to hard on me. I have already carved out six seal stones with these, so they do the job quite well once they are sharpend.

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