Princeton best synthetic sable watercolour brushes are made with a blend of golden taklon hairs in a variety of different diameters developed for princeton by master japanese brush maker naohide takamoto these brushes take the tak from takamoto to give the taklon fibres their distinctive name princeton brush fibres though made with synthetic bristles have the appearance of genuine sable hairs the fibres are held in place with a golden ferrule and the handles are fashioned from marbled