pan primer bristles

[smitty1763]

New member, first post. I have made a few horns and measures and have made a couple of pan whisks using boar hair but I think horse hair would be more appropriate and maybe more authentic. Can anyone recommend a source of whisk quality horse hair? Thanks, Smitty

[david50]

Crazy Crow sell it
http://www.crazycrow.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=555-100-000

[smitty1763]

Thankye Much

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

I made some pan brushes out of a shaving brush - likely pig bristles.  The pan brush is indispensable when wet snow falls off the trees onto your lock.

[Kermit]

Any decent shaving brush is badger. Memory is weak on this, since I stopped shaving in February of '70.

I buy cheap (say "Chinese") throw-away paint brushes at Ace Hardware. Pig bristles. One paintbrush makes LOTS of pan brushes.

[heinz]

Taylor, so you use that brush for the two shoots you have a year where it is warm enough for snow to melt?

[The other DWS]

Aren't most paint brush bristles too soft for a pan scrubber?

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

That's a good observation Heinz.  Last fall during the doe season, we had a heavy snowfall and temps around melting.  I wounded a doe and was tracking her, and the snow was falling off of the trees.  I did not have my "cow's knee" lock cover, and had to frequently brush the slush out of the pan and reprime.  I was glad I had my pan brush.

[heinz]

In all seriousness, I believe wet snow is the worst condition for flintlocks, either out of the clouds or off the trees.  I find that even a lock that will hold up to the average rain cannot hanle wet snow.  And the pan brush is the best tool for avoiding big black smudges on the sleeve of your skins which do not clean damp powder out that well .