Imitation Porcupine guard hair has recently come about to respond to the dwindling supply and high cost of the real hair. It is made of a synthetic fiber, colored and tapered at the tip and bottom end like the real hair. Some advantages of this imitation hair is that it all comes equal in size and it doesn’t have to be cleaned or sorted. To get the shorter lengths for the back of the roach you simply trim it to the length you want.
