Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: MrsFord]
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09/15/20 03:54 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 Pretty sure tonight I will be seeing my wife with a bag or tin foil around her head. Not sure what color or colors to expect. Lol.
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: EdP]
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09/15/20 05:23 PM
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I brain tanned a few hides many years ago and used hog brains. The hog brains came in 1 lb packages (frozen) but I had to order a case of 12 to get them. A few of my hides came out OK but from the looks of your hides I'd say yours came out better than any of my attempts. Getting them scraped is plenty of work, then braining and stretching continuously until completely dry. After that you have one last (and your best) chance to mess up all your hard work with the smoking by getting the hide too hot. It looks like you have a great set up with that long stove pipe to help keep the smoke temperature down. Nice job! Thank you. I have heard of getting frozen pig brains just haven’t gone that far lol. There is definitely an art to it! Scraping is key! A lot of work but I really enjoyed the whole process. I researched over a month, read a lot and watch tons of videos to figure out what would work best for me, I used a very dull homemade fleshing knife that made removing the grain layer so much more work lol which is why there are some lighter stripes in it, have a real fleshing knife now so I’m hoping for even better results this year! The braining and stretching is definitely painstaking but so rewarding when it was done( my dad told me he had tried when he was younger and it didn’t turn out as well) the smoking was the scariest part and it took me almost 9 months to actually do it. Lol. I had a squirt bottle just in case the punk wood actually caught fire, the long pipe definitely helped and the “skirt” (I used denim) kept the hide from touching anything. Ironically that was actually the easiest part! I’m excited to smoke my other 2 hide now lol. Thanks again.
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: VH60]
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09/15/20 06:33 PM
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Wow! That’s quite the stack!!!! I’m a little jealous! Lol. How do you close yours to smoke? Glue,sew? I tried sewing but it took forever so I ended up using my hot glue gun! it actually worked beautifully and stayed together well as long as the hide didn’t get too hot, which it didn’t during the smoking.
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
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09/15/20 07:44 PM
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Right on! Thanks. Forgot about staples! The one I’m trying to sack now is crazy edged! It was really thin so I had a Few issues.. Lol but I’m my defense it was my first ever Buckskin but also the braintanned and softest. Lol
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: MrsFord]
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09/16/20 08:36 AM
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The brains don't smell much if you boil them first...
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: EdP]
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09/16/20 10:14 AM
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If you have access to them, corn cobs are good for smoking hides. Lots of smoke and not much heat. I would think in Indiana there would be plenty to be picked up in the fields after harvest. That’s good to know, thank you. I’m in brown co, more punk wood than corn in my area but still good to know
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
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09/16/20 10:17 AM
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The brains don't smell much if you boil them first... Didn’t know that! May give that a try. thankfully the smell dissipated after a couple weeks but if I can avoid I will.
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: MrsFord]
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09/16/20 11:51 AM
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Loos like ya might a spilled a little tanning solution on your hair. (It won’t let me post a smiley face)
Last edited by Sullivan K; 09/16/20 11:54 AM. Reason: Can’t post smiley face
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: Woodsloafer72]
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09/16/20 02:25 PM
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They look good. Did you dry scrape or wet scrape them? Thanks, I wet scrape them.
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Re: First Smoked Buckskin!
[Re: Sullivan K]
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09/16/20 02:26 PM
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Loos like ya might a spilled a little tanning solution on your hair. (It won’t let me post a smiley face) Hahahaha! That would be some awesome tanning solution!
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