Help ID this brush and scoop.

[Ed Storey]

Rob, I like that scoop. It looks like it may even have been repainted which shows just how important an item it was.

[rob love]

I like it too, just wished I knew what it was. A search of vintage coal scoops and ash scoops shows somewhat similar civilian items. It is way too heavy to merely be a dustpan. The glossy olive drab would lead towards it's use into the 50s. I may clean up the markings and get a better idea of the company name.



I remember we still had the chimneys in the H-huts in Dundurn that would have had coal fires in the base to heat the barracks. This was back in the 70s....the majority of the wood H-huts are gone now and just a few of the sandstone huts remain.

[Barry J. Cox]

To feed a forge?

[David Dunlop]

Maybe that scoop is for the dark end of the horse after its had a brush, Rob.

David

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Maybe that scoop is for the dark end of the horse after its had a brush, Rob.

David

Our maybe it is for the front end ...... a scoop for its fodder

[Matthew P]

As the dutiful husband of an owner of two horses I can confirm that is a curry comb (I know, I know why is it a comb and not a brush??) and hoof pick. If you only carried two tools in your pack for the horse those would be it. And if only one tool the hoof pick would be it. So I'm guessing that was part of operational mounted equipment.

Matt

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Barry J. Cox

To feed a forge?

Perhaps...I'll have to look at the blacksmiths kit for the KL Lorry and see if that is included.