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Post by lenapej on Mar 3, 2020 10:41:37 GMT -7
I was browsing through the 18th century material culture resource center ( materialculture18t.wixsite.com/18thcmcrce#!sportsmen/c1w7q ) and came across several original pick and brush sets, and decided to try and make a set similar, here is what I ended up with. Its made with some wire I had lying around, and the brush is turkey beard wrapped with sinew from a deer I shot this past season.  |
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Post by spence on Mar 3, 2020 11:28:33 GMT -7
Very nice. I especially like the chain, good job. I tried making one similar, struck out. I expect you will end up replacing the brush. I've found that turkey beards deteriorate quickly, get brittle and won't stand up to hard use. A modern paint brush from China made with pig bristles is a good source for making a brush, and they hold up very well. Here's one I made using rawhide, sinew and pig bristles, it's about 20 years old and has been used hard.  Spence |
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Post by hawkeyes on Mar 3, 2020 11:38:22 GMT -7
Well done on the chain. Boar hair is a very well suited brush material as spence mentioned in the previous post. I had an old boars hair shaving brush that got sacrificed which yielded enough brush material for a lifetime. These little accoutrements are always a joy to reproduce!
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Post by Black Hand on Mar 3, 2020 11:41:29 GMT -7
A brush from Harbor Freight should make several...
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Post by brokennock on Mar 3, 2020 12:18:36 GMT -7
Very well done. Unfortunately I expect the others are correct about the turkey beard, if you use it much. I generally find a pan brush to be useless for a dirty pan. Mine mostly just gets used to whisk away dry powder from a clean pan after a day afield in which no shots were fired.
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Post by Black Hand on Mar 3, 2020 12:41:00 GMT -7
My pan brush is almost purely decorative. It has been used 3-4 times since the late 90s...
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Post by artificer on Mar 3, 2020 12:57:58 GMT -7
Very nice. I especially like the chain, good job. I tried making one similar, struck out. I expect you will end up replacing the brush. I've found that turkey beards deteriorate quickly, get brittle and won't stand up to hard use. A modern paint brush from China made with pig bristles is a good source for making a brush, and they hold up very well. Here's one I made using rawhide, sinew and pig bristles, it's about 20 years old and has been used hard. Spence First to lenapej, Nice job on the whisk and prick, especially the chain. I've had two or three of these since I bought my first in 1974, but mine always used horsehair for the whisk. However, the horsehair did not do a very good job of brushing things out either. Spence, What a GREAT idea to use Boar's Bristles! I'll bet your whisk works much better than horsehair. Gus |
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Post by spence on Mar 3, 2020 13:26:32 GMT -7
I generally find a pan brush to be useless for a dirty pan. Mine mostly just gets used to whisk away dry powder from a clean pan after a day afield in which no shots were fired. I use mine a lot. For that end of the day wiping out of unburned prime, as you say, but also before priming, but that only on days when the pan stays dry after the shot. If it's one of those days when the pan residue turns to black soup, I use a cloth, never the brush. On a dry day, and the pan looks like this, out comes the brush.  Spence |
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Post by hawkeyes on Mar 3, 2020 17:47:07 GMT -7
Much like spence, my brush gets used almost after every shot. I also will swipe it clean on my leggings... Over the top yes, make fun... Simple little brush a prick I made.  |
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Post by lenapej on Mar 3, 2020 17:56:32 GMT -7
Thank you gentlemen.
I have used turkey beard before and you are right, they seem to get brittle quickly, I was wanting to use horse hair but the turkey beard was all that I had on hand.
Spence your set looks great, I will try the bristle, thanks.
Hawkeyes, I really like the pick!
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Post by hawkeyes on Mar 3, 2020 18:17:41 GMT -7
Thank you gentlemen. I have used turkey beard before and you are right, they seem to get brittle quickly, I was wanting to use horse hair but the turkey beard was all that I had on hand. Spence your set looks great, I will try the bristle, thanks. Hawkeyes, I really like the pick! Definitely try boars hair, very durable. I may have the extra laying around in a bag... I know it's here just have to find it. The prick is simply squared iron rod with a few decorative twists. I very much enjoy blacksmithing so these little fellas are always fun to make. |
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Post by Sicilianhunter on Mar 4, 2020 6:02:50 GMT -7
I was browsing through the 18th century material culture resource center ( materialculture18t.wixsite.com/18thcmcrce#!sportsmen/c1w7q ) and came across several original pick and brush sets, and decided to try and make a set similar, here is what I ended up with. Its made with some wire I had lying around, and the brush is turkey beard wrapped with sinew from a deer I shot this past season. WELL DONE!!! |
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Post by Sicilianhunter on Mar 4, 2020 6:04:40 GMT -7
A brush from Harbor Freight should make several... Are they pig bristle? |
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Post by Black Hand on Mar 4, 2020 7:45:52 GMT -7
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Post by Sicilianhunter on Mar 5, 2020 7:56:04 GMT -7
Hand, Do you think keeping the bristles shorter would do a better job cleaning as they might be more stiff that length? |
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