Five tools with blue silicone tips on dark brown wooden handles and bright metal ferrules, on a 3-CORONA card printed Professional art material. Every tip is a different shape — a flat chisel, a tapered point, a rounded dome, an angled wedge and a fine cup — so the set is five tools rather than five of one.

A silicone tip is not a soft version of a brush; it is closer to a small knife that bends. Bristles hold paint and release it, which is why a brush leaves a loaded stroke. Silicone holds nothing at all, so it pushes paint about instead — you can shove a ridge of thick acrylic where you want it, scrape a highlight back out of a wet layer, or cut a hard edge into a colour that a bristle brush would only soften.

The second job is the one most people buy them for, and it has nothing to do with paint. Pastel, charcoal and graphite are blended with something soft, and everyone reaches for a finger first — which is why so many drawings develop greasy patches that will not take colour afterwards. A silicone tip blends the same way a fingertip does without leaving any skin oil behind, and unlike a paper stump it wipes clean and never wears down to a stub.

Third: clay. Air-dry clay, polymer clay and the play dough sold on this site all take a silicone tool better than a metal one, because clay does not stick to silicone. Smoothing a seam, pressing a fold into a figure, hollowing a small shape — the same five tips do all of it, which is why these turn up in craft kits as often as in paint boxes.

The tips are firm rather than floppy, which matters. A soft rubber tip folds over under pressure and loses the edge you were working with; these hold their shape well enough to keep a chisel edge chiselling. Wash them under a tap — nothing sticks to silicone, so cleaning is genuinely a rinse rather than a scrub.

Rs. 700 for the set of five, or Rs. 140 a tool. Cash on Delivery is available across Pakistan, and stock, your city and delivery charges are confirmed on WhatsApp before dispatch.

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