a bristle for brushware or brushes is described . the bristle is produced through cutting an extruded monofilament to length and tapers towards its useful end to form a kind of tip . the bristle is characterized in that it consists of at least two coextruded plastic components and has a shaft of a soft , elastic plastic material and a core of a harder elastic plastic material . the core projects past the shaft at its useful end thereby forming the tip . the bristle can also have a reinforcing jacket which surounds the shaft of the envelope . a method for producing such bristles is also described .