Braiding Steel Wool to Polish a Netsuke

I've carved this netsuke of a little dog from water buffalo horn and I need to polish the inside of the dog's ball. So I'm making a braid with four strands of steel wool.
What's a netsuke? (Pronounced "nets-keh.")
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Stockman Original is your guide through the lost arts and the forgotten crafts. Brian Stockman is a master carver with more than 50 years of experience carving all mediums from wood, to stone, horn, bone, ivory, and ice. He has a particular speciality as a scrimshander (one who does scrimshaw), carrying on the ancient art popularized by New England whalers. Brian has spent a lifetime gathering knowledge of lost arts and forgotten crafts, all of which he shares with you.