First Smoked Buckskin!
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09/15/20 10:29 AM
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Was finally able to set up a smoker for my hides! Super happy with the result! One more Buckskin to go and a hair on hide I’ll be trying, then on to my critters!. Excited for hunting/trapping seasons to start!
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: MrsFord]
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09/15/20 10:57 AM
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: MrsFord]
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09/15/20 11:23 AM
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It’s for waterproofing/resisting. It binds the fibers in place after the stretching so now when it gets wet I won’t have to rebreak/stretch it. If you don’t smoke a hide after tanning it will turn to rawhide if it gets wet. Like
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: MrsFord]
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09/15/20 11:25 AM
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Nice work, Mrs! Nothing quite like braintan buckskin.
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: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: MrsFord]
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09/15/20 11:39 AM
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Great job something to be proud of for sure! Do you smoke both sides of it? Love the wood stove set up, I smoke my fish with a small wood stove piped into a small wooden she'd.
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: PAskinner]
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09/15/20 11:40 AM
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Nice work, Mrs! Nothing quite like braintan buckskin. Thank you! I agree. This one was an egg yolk tan which turned out quite well but my other is brain tanned and it definitely makes a beautiful buckskin. Wanted to try both ways to compare and in case I get a hide from elsewhere. I’ll end up doing braintan for my deer for sure though.
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: Turtledale]
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09/15/20 11:46 AM
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Great job something to be proud of for sure! Do you smoke both sides of it? Love the wood stove set up, I smoke my fish with a small wood stove piped into a small wooden she'd. Thank you! I really am proud. yes you smoke both sides, grain side first 30 mins to an hour then flip inside out and do flesh side for 20 mins or so. We’ve had the stove for years just sitting and it worked surprisingly well! I may use it with a shed to smoke some venison this year.
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
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09/15/20 01:35 PM
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Hi Mrsford, looks great keep up the good work. Hello, thank you very much! I will certainly try.
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: Gary Benson]
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09/15/20 01:41 PM
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It' very good to see a young lady doing stuff like this. Keep up the good work! Thank you, I shall. This has definitely become my obsession lol. Hope to maybe do some workshops someday. Hair-on tanning as well.
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: Hodagtrapper]
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09/15/20 01:42 PM
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Great work. Thanks for sharing!
Chris Thank you.
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
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09/15/20 02:41 PM
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Good job. I have only tanned a couple smaller critters. Mostly with the orange bottle stuff. What do you plan to make with them?
BTW, I see you have the same hairdresser as my wife!
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: Jerry Jr.]
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09/15/20 03:09 PM
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Good job. I have only tanned a couple smaller critters. Mostly with the orange bottle stuff. What do you plan to make with them?
BTW, I see you have the same hairdresser as my wife! Thanks, I’m hoping to tan a few small critters that I have with the orange bottle stuff lol. I plan on making some clothes and maybe a bag or two with the buckskins. Once I finally get some coyotes and more deer hides I’m hoping to make a coyote fur lined buckskin jacket, probably full length. BTW you wife has good taste in a hair dresser! I do my own but still. Lol
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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09/15/20 03:11 PM
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looks great , which way did you like better , Thanks! The brain tan definitely makes a softer skin but it smells funky for a bit. The egg yolks worked great. So I’ll probably still do both depending on how many brains I can get ahold of. Lol
New trapper! Really excited to learn!
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