Brain Tanning Methods
In the spirit of complete transparency, and in the hopes that it might help someone, I am posting the tanning method I am currently using. I am hoping that others will do the same here. What I am...
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Bearded Horse that you Ken Wee? Yes still suggest the Video which is now CD to all my beginning students it hits all the basics. But like this forum shows there are as many variables as there are days...
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This is one of several different procedures I’m employing depending on what I’m asked for or what I personally prefer that day Last winter
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cool!~! ....... Hartung you are using your feet!~! Ive not seen the pictures yet...waiting for them to download..but can read the text..... or maybe there are no pictures???? reminds me of working the...
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Quills, here is a pic of walking an elk hide, dressing (brain licker) already removed. Makes a soft hide and soft feet too ;-). I try to take a pic of the staking pole later this week. Earlier this...
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Wow.... what a beautiful Oak Morter.... that is just awesome Hartung!~! I would need a pole to lean on to walk hides.... in your larger container. I would not be graceful enough to balance inside that...
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Hey All, I just got back from Westerns yesterday - I am glad to see all the sharing on this thread! I scanned through and it is great to see the variations in methods; I am sure I will pick up...
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Todays hide has been on going now for quite some time it is a Muley Buck 09 that was H20 soaked de-haired and grained rolled and stored. First dressing was last week it was framed and softened enough...
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Looks like it was shot in a good spot to can see the entry & exist holes...neatly sewn. Beautiful hide. What kind of lacing material is that melvin???Ive never seen red.....Quills
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Thanks Inwabo for big hide it is super soft and thick. Quills the red is Parachute cord makes for great contrast when taking photos.
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I know western hides have a lot of scars, which we usually don't, but do you get tick bites and holes? Seems they get worse every year, especially on bigger hides.
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Daaa...... Ive never seen red I said........ Daaa!~! ......Ive got a friend whos got a ton of parachute cord..she used to braid horse reins & dog leashes out of it..lots of different colors....hot...
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We saw an antelope charge at 40 mph into a fence in WY this year (I'm in AR but was out there for field school). I don't know how but after slamming into the fence it came out walking on the other...
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"Inwabo, I know you live up north. Do you have an inside scraping beam, and if so what's it look like and how do you clean up? Also why does vinegar help dressing? Your pressure washer method sounds...
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Borax is used to keep the bugs off the air dried hides for storage. Sewing holes with sewing machine is very easy just fold the hole over and stitch the edges together I trim off so to leave about 1/8...
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Melvin, Yes I am he or him. Like your frame with half lap corners and flush bracing. Lots of screw eyes and cordage to stretch hide out flat. I had pleasure of skinning 12 antelope in hunting...
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Thanks for answering my questions folks. I will definitely be trying out vinegar, Koosh-mish, paracord and aging my hides, and eventually get a pressure washer. I'm still young but I'm not so into the...
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I can remember .......when I was not so into the amount of labor involved in softening hide.... HmmmMMMMM..........I think I can remeber it...oh heck...CRS!~! LOL!~! Quills
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Ha ha. Some people enjoy the labor. I definitely enjoy hard work at times but experienced plenty of exhausting effort with very little reward when I first started hide tanning. That was frustrating....
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