flinock pan brush?

[jrbaker90]

I been needing a pan brush and I was wondering has anybody made one? I've about people making ones out of horses hair and just been wondering how to thanks

 

[George]

I've made some, it's not a big job. I went to the local paint store and bought a cheap paint brush made in China of hog bristles. One brush will make several of them. The bristles are stiffer than horsehair, and I find them just about right, plus they are pretty durable. I just cut off a hunk of them, stuck a piece of thin wire bent into a loop into one end and glued that end together. A thin piece of rawhide was soaked to make it limber, cut to fit and sewn around it as a sheath, and you are finished. They work great, are small and light, and mine have lasted for years with fairly hard use. I usually make some version of this, depending on what I have to work with, and I just play it by ear and modify as I go along.



Spence

 

[Mercian]

Looks like neat tidy craftsmanship. :thumbsup:

 

[hogslayer]

Yes , I made mine by forgeing it from a piece of tube and the hair from a paint brush.
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(Pete)

 

[Patocazador]

I made mine with Chinese hog bristles glued into a hollowed out antler tine for the handle.

 

[Brokennock]

What did you use for glue? I was thinking of trying the same thing.

 

[wvbuckbuster]

I made one using the beard off a jake gluded into piece of antler shaped to about 1-2ins. long. Not to big to have tied to your hunting bag or gun. Dan.

 

[davec2]

You can make simple ones with a loop of horse hair.....

You can make some slightly fancier ones with turned brass handles......

Or really fancy ones with hog bristles and turned ebony, horn, or antler handles....

(The one in the middle above is a vent pick with a brass scabbard)

 

[MSW]

nice looking work (as is your usual standard)

 

[Patocazador]

What did you use for glue? I was thinking of trying the same thing.

I used Elmer's outdoor-type carpenter's glue and let it dry undisturbed for 2 days and then trimmed the bristles.

 

[Brokennock]

Thankyou.

 

[wulf]

WOW ! Somebody sure knows how to use his tools....
Wulf