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Thanks for reply. Yeah, I am suspecting poor hammering technique be the primary issue. Image is only to ilustrate the type of the tool, I need the tip to be longer and thinner to reliably clear the fouling inside the touchhole. Filing will be the way I suppose.

Hello to all, my first post here. I am trying to make tool for cleaning a matchlock musket. See attachment. The problem is the needle part. Touchhole of my gun is appx 1mm in diameter: the needle must fit minimum 10mm inside to reliable clean the touchhole. If I try to form this kind of taper on the face of the anvil I am hitting more the anvil than the piece. If I try to lenghten it on the horn, I am not able to keep the taper in square crosssection, the profile is twisting etc. Is there some trick to it or it is only about my poor hammer technique (which IS NOT great to be honest)? Many thanks for help.