A translucent plastic tube with a ribbed body, a screw-on cap and a woven grey wrist strap looped through a metal ring in the lid. Brushes stand upright inside it and the cap seals them in; unscrew it and they lift straight out, tips untouched.

The thing this protects against is the one that quietly ruins brushes. A brush is destroyed far more often by being carried than by being used — dropped loose into a bag, the head presses against a book, a box or the bag's own seam, and it comes out bent. A bent synthetic head sometimes recovers; a bent natural one usually does not, and either way the brush stops doing the one thing you bought it for. A rigid tube means nothing can press on the tip at all.

Translucent plastic earns its place over a fabric roll for one reason: you can see what is inside without opening it. Working out whether the fine liner is in this tube or still on the desk takes a glance rather than an unscrewing, and that matters most in the situation these are actually used in — packing up in a hurry at the end of a class.

We stock three ways of carrying brushes and they are genuinely for different people. This tube is Rs. 475 and takes a handful of brushes standing upright. The black fabric zip case is Rs. 1,100 and lays a larger set flat with each brush in its own slot. The drawing tube holder with a shoulder strap is Rs. 1,500 and is for carrying rolled paper as much as brushes. Buy the tube if you own a few brushes and want them safe in a school bag; buy the zip case if you own a set and want them ordered.

The wrist strap is more useful than it looks. A rigid tube in a bag full of books rolls to the bottom and hides; a strap gives you something to hook over a finger, clip to a bag loop or hang on the edge of a shelf, and it is the difference between a tube you find and a tube you dig for.

Rs. 475. Let brushes dry fully before they go in — a damp brush sealed in a closed plastic tube is how a head starts to smell and how a wooden handle lifts its lacquer. Cash on Delivery is available across Pakistan.

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