String Pickaxe (Alternate Brush)
Java resource pack listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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Changes the appearance of brushes to look more like a pickaxe.
In the Minecraft snapshot 23w07a, brushes were introduced. However, at that time, they were crafted using two sticks and three string, in the same pattern as a pickaxe! While this was changed soon afterwards, I remember reading a comment somebody made, calling it a string pickaxe. Fast forward a couple of months later, I decided to make the brush look more like a pickaxe! Enjoy!
Thank you, whoever posted the comment calling brushes "string pickaxes."
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21
- How to install: Download the .zip resource pack — do not unzip it. → Put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks. → Enable it in Options → Resource Packs.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java resource packs walks through it step by step.
- Downloads as String Pickaxe (1.21).zip
- Download size: 3 KB
- Download link checked 6 Nov 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.