Touch Hole Pick and Brush

American
1750 – 1800

The Revolutionary War soldier carried tools to service his musket, including the pick and brush. This tool was used to brush out the musket's flash pan and clear the musket's touch hole of accumulated black powder residue.

Iron, pine needles. L 17.2 cm
The George C. Neumann Collection,
Valley Forge National Historical Park, VAFO 1582