While in Scandinavia, not just at the kitchens of Kungsleden mountain huts, I often saw and used brushes to do dishes. I kinda felt uncomfortable with using a brush in the beginning, but as I got used to it, I found it handy.
スカンジナビアで使ったキッチンブラシ、始めは慣れなかったけど、なかなか便利。
Real brush allegedly of “Swedish Royal Warrant”
スウェーデン王室御用達のブラシ

The other day, I saw a very similar brush in a 100-yen shop (99¢ shop), reached for it and found out it actually was a toilet brush, of which the handle was only slightly longer.
百均で、ちょっと柄の長い似たようなのを見つけたけど、それは便所ブラシだった。

I hesitated for a moment but bought it anyway. Back in my kitchen, it turned out to be too long for using in the sink. I decided to cut it short. Here are the photos of what I did…
一瞬躊躇したけど、買っちゃった。でも、シンクで使うにゃちょっと長すぎ。そんで、柄をちょん切った。以下、作業の写真。

追記：

その後、溶接部分が折れたので、補強のために始めに入れて、取り外した木の棒をもう一度、柄の中にもどし、ステンレスの木ネジで留めた。