Originally Posted by
Sandycrack
I would use hair from the tail of a whitetail deer. It was used for many applications by Native Americans and settlers alike. I would wrap it all tightly in sinew, which sticks well when wet. I would coat that in pitched pine for water proofing. The handle part could literally be almost anything, but I'm thinking a thick piece of bamboo or cane would be easy - no drilling. Or, if available, I might also try a piece of sumac (not the poison variety) because it is pithy in the middle and easy hollowed. Of course there is bone, but that stinks.