I have made a few rustic style pan whisks out of braided and or seized horse hair, and they were fine. However, the bristles get beat up with not much use and the whisk needs to be replaced fairly often. I recently made this whisk up - it has a turned ebony grip, a horse hair brush, and a brass tail piece. But, to solve my problem with the brush going to pot on me, I made the whole thing come apart so that I could replace the brush. The second photo shows the whisk in pieces along with a spare brush. I have made a few of these out of ivory, bone, antler, and horn as well.
