Re: Brain tanners?
[Re: AKAjust]
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11/07/19 10:50 PM
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I heard you have to be careful because of cwd. just I use pork brains. Can't hardly get cow Brain now either, but pork brains are still sold for eating.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Brain tanners?
[Re: Antelope Montana]
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11/08/19 07:15 AM
11/08/19 07:15 AM
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I never did with deer hides but when I got into tanning other stuff like raccoons I found it helped a lot. Easy and cheap to do too.
Yes I pickle furs. You don't have to, but I agree it's easier. Deer hides for buckskin get " bucked" instead. Using lye, possasium hydroxide or wood ashes and water to raise the pH instead of lowering it. It has to be thoroughly rinsed out. Baking soda works well to neutralize, plus moving water, washer or what have you. Again, you don't have to use the alkaline solution, but if done right, it makes softening easier. Thank you. I have always pickled furs, didn’t know if I needed to pickle the deer skins.
-Goofy-
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Re: Brain tanners?
[Re: k snow]
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11/08/19 08:27 AM
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For pickling furs, what type of solution are you using? And do you do anything to get the grease out of raccoons before you pickle? I have only brain tanned deer hides into buckskin. I am guessing the pickling step replaces the bucking step. I have had good luck with Rittels safety acid.... you want to check the pH at first. It can go up when you first add the hides. Citric acid works, even vinegar, but vinegar is a very weak acid. Alum is probably the most common used pickle. I know others will tell you different, but I usually don't degrease. Flesh them very well.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Brain tanners?
[Re: drasselt]
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11/08/19 09:30 PM
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Young bull moose hide Nice, I've done a lot of elk, but moose are crazy thick. I try to avoid the bulls and mine are farmed elk hides.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Brain tanners?
[Re: Antelope Montana]
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11/10/19 07:28 PM
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Thanks PA. I'm sure I'll never tan as many as you!
you can vote your way into socialism, but you will have to shoot your way out.
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Re: Brain tanners?
[Re: trapper20]
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11/10/19 07:32 PM
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ive been wanting to try that frost scraping. I might make a frame to attach to my cabin this year and give it a try. any ideas on what to use for a scraper? Well these ( http://www.braintan.com/mm5/merchan..._Code=DRYSCRAPER&Category_Code=Tools) are skookum dry scrapers and they might work for frost scraping I don't know. I flesh on a beam then frame and dry the big hides for graining. I use a sharp filet knife to shave off the moose hair before I grain it with the dry scraper.
you can vote your way into socialism, but you will have to shoot your way out.
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