Talk:Kolinsky sable-hair brush
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[edit] Contradiction
This article refers to the Kolinsky as "a species of sable". However, sable says that the sable is itself a species, either in the genus Martes or in the genus Mustela. It is possible that the Sable article is out of date (it was copied from the 1911 Britannica), but I think it more likely that the Kolinsky has been misclassified. Perhaps the author meant breed. I know enough zoology to point out the contradiction, but not to clear it up. ---Isaac R 01:15, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
The material referenced above reads like it was copied and pasted from an advertising description from Madison Art Supplies which sells a line of Kolinsky brushes. I used Wikipedia to see what they had to say about Kolinsky while browsing for sable brushes on their site. (User: Tom Stevens May 31, 2005)
In fine art class, we always just call them sable hair brushes or "red sable" brushes, we never used the word Kolinsky. I noticed that the Kolinsky Sable has a different latin name on the external link than the wikipedia Sable. Goldenrowley 04:27, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
