Vent Pick Storage

[Icemanxxxv]

I was wondeting where to store my vent pick for easy but safe access as mine is pretty durn sharp. So that being said. Where do all you guys store your vent picks for quick safe access?

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Mine hangs from a little leather lace on my horn strap. When not in use I wrap the lace around the the strap and tuck the pick into it. Never had a problem.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

I was wondering where to store my vent pick for easy but safe access as mine is pretty durn sharp. So that being said. Where do all you guys store your vent picks for quick safe access?

Sharp? Why? Not needed ... you're not picking concrete ...

In fact, you're NOT, or shouldn't be, picking anything. I see too many people using vent picks that are picking so durn hard that they end up pushing the main charge powder AWAY from the touch hole, especially on internally coned ones. It doesn't need to be sharp at all, in fact mine aren't, the end is a but a BLUNT tip.

I just put it through the touch hole so that I "touch" (not 'push') powdah - which PROVES the vent is clear - and that's all you're trying to accomplish. Works for me, but with many things ... you're mileage may vary ...

Every BP rifle or musket I own is equipped with one hanging as shown below ... never got a finger stuck.

FYI, Kibler Colonial as shown that I built for my best friend ...

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

I was wondeting where to store my vent pick for easy but safe access as mine is pretty durn sharp. So that being said. Where do all you guys store your vent picks for quick safe access?

Three place I have used for storing a TH pick: 1. Under the bottom of an overhang on a cheek piece. 2. Laying in the bottom of a small belt holster containing shooting issue comonents. 3. Hanging on a pouch strap. (Keep way from face) Personally, I do not like a TH pick sharp, but prefer a rounded tip.
Larry

 

[DrLaw]

I've got one of those combo tool sets on a key ring. I keep the thing in a shooting bag. I try to push the pick in the hole each time I load before I shoot. If hunting, I just do it when I load and trust I am not shaking the gun too much to plug up the vent so fire can get to the powder.

(Do I know if that is really the case, that there is a tunnel for the flash? No, but it works for me, so...)

The Doc is out now.

 

[DrLaw]

FYI, Kibler Colonial as shown that I built for my best friend ...

Do you need another friend??? Nice looking gun!

The Doc is out now.

 

[Banjoman]

I stopped using those cool looking but unnecessarily sharp metal vent picks for that reason. If I need one (rarely) I just whittle one from a twig. Works fine, don’t hurt nothing, including my fanger and easy to get. I also don’t use those silly little brushes. A piece of rag works better. Just my .02 cents.

 

[Icemanxxxv]

Found a spot on my bag's strap where I attached my knife sheath. Makes a convenient safe place to store it.

 

[nchawkeye]

I keep mine in the patch box.

 

[Grenadier1758]

I have mine on a chain with a pan brush attached to the strap on my cartridge box.

 

[Terrier]

Mine stays in the flint wallet I made. I don’t often need it, but it’s handy if I do. I made the pick from a scrap of curly maple I sanded round and a saddle stitching needle that has a dull point. Just epoxy the needle in…. Works a charm.

 

[Mike in FL]

When a'field, I keep a toothpick in my hair and find myself using it far more often than the brass pick attached to my bag strap. Oddly, I've never lost one of the toothpicks.

 

[Cruzatte]

I was wondering where to store my vent pick for easy but safe access as mine is pretty durn sharp. So that being said. Where do all you guys store your vent picks for quick safe access?

I have a woven strap on my powder horn. I stick the pick through the weave of the strap.

 

[rrebuck]

I've just kept mine stuck into an old cork from a wine bottle and keep that in my bag or pocket.

 

[smoothshooter]

Sharp? Why? Not needed ... you're not picking concrete ...

In fact, you're NOT, or shouldn't be, picking anything. I see too many people using vent picks that are picking so durn hard that they end up pushing the main charge powder AWAY from the touch hole, especially on internally coned ones. It doesn't need to be sharp at all, in fact mine aren't, the end is a but a BLUNT tip.

I just put it through the touch hole so that I "touch" (not 'push') powdah - which PROVES the vent is clear - and that's all you're trying to accomplish. Works for me, but with many things ... you're mileage may vary ...

Every BP rifle or musket I own is equipped with one hanging as shown below ... never got a finger stuck.

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FYI, Kibler Colonial as shown that I built for my best friend ...

I stopped using those cool looking but unnecessarily sharp metal vent picks for that reason. If I need one (rarely) I just whittle one from a twig. Works fine, don’t hurt nothing, including my fanger and easy to get. I also don’t use those silly little brushes. A piece of rag works better. Just my .02 cents.

A large paper clip partially straightened out works perfectly for me.
Hangs from my bag strap on a leather boot lace.