I'm looking for some natural and dark brush bristles, they need to be at least 25cm long, quite thin and uniform/straight any ideas on where to get such stuff? I've tried all of the 'local' garden and DIY shops with no joy......
brush bristles
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yeah 25cm, straw like bristles, tis for a snow brush, to brush clothing/equipment free of snow before going in a tent, the bristles are about 20cm or so in length but twisted n folded in the middle so the length is only 10cm when in use, if that's understandable?
I'd have thought you could do something with a material like coir, maybe like from a sweeping brush. I've never seen a badger that shaggy. 
Only thing I can think of that's that long and stiff enough would be a hazel brush/broom.
like so https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5806356/il_570xN.127305113.jpg
Mr Mears making a rough one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPZjMe7Qov4
Can't see why a small v gouge couldn't make fine bristles.
like so https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5806356/il_570xN.127305113.jpg
Mr Mears making a rough one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPZjMe7Qov4
Can't see why a small v gouge couldn't make fine bristles.
Have you had a look at this thread? http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120495 Some lovely handmade brushes you could try.
As you might imagine, we need and use snow brushes here.
Plastic fiber is best: the snow doesn't stick and the fiber does not hydrate.
Natural straw fiber brooms simply rot of freeze solid like a shovel
Kitchen floor scrub brush, shop floor push broom (cut down).
Ordinary vehicle snow sweeping brush (10cm brush on one end, ice scraper device 24" away at the other end.)
36" snow overnight and I use a shovel to clear off the truck.
Plastic fiber is best: the snow doesn't stick and the fiber does not hydrate.
Natural straw fiber brooms simply rot of freeze solid like a shovel
Kitchen floor scrub brush, shop floor push broom (cut down).
Ordinary vehicle snow sweeping brush (10cm brush on one end, ice scraper device 24" away at the other end.)
36" snow overnight and I use a shovel to clear off the truck.
I'm wanting to reproduce ww2 'mountain troop snow brush'es, I've an original but don't want to knacker it this coming winter, hence looking for the bristles.
https://www.google.co.uk/images?q=w...p&ved=0CBQQsARqFQoTCJyH1_K2iMYCFQMR2wodkNUAhQ
https://www.google.co.uk/images?q=w...p&ved=0CBQQsARqFQoTCJyH1_K2iMYCFQMR2wodkNUAhQ
". . . . known to use these brushes to start campfires. . . . . "
Thanks for the link to the images. The comment suggests that the brushes are plant fiber of some sort.
Certainly nothing that I recognize (retired botany professor) immediately. Much thicker, coarser, than I thought.
If I was allowed one single guess, I'll say that the brushes are finely split bamboo which was steamed/boiled and bent to the heavy duty wire frame.
That makes the brush both very durable and flammable. Can you get a clean look at the transverse/cross/cut ends of those fibers?
Bamboo will have a very finely speckled appearance. Shredded palm tree wood could be similar.
You got any other ideas as to the original fiber type?
Thanks for the link to the images. The comment suggests that the brushes are plant fiber of some sort.
Certainly nothing that I recognize (retired botany professor) immediately. Much thicker, coarser, than I thought.
If I was allowed one single guess, I'll say that the brushes are finely split bamboo which was steamed/boiled and bent to the heavy duty wire frame.
That makes the brush both very durable and flammable. Can you get a clean look at the transverse/cross/cut ends of those fibers?
Bamboo will have a very finely speckled appearance. Shredded palm tree wood could be similar.
You got any other ideas as to the original fiber type?
