Native american soaking
So did the Plains Indians soak their hides in the rivers before removing the hair? Was that their barrel? Did they ever do any mixings of solutions or things like that?I'd be obliged for the...
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I'm assuming your talking about deer skins here because buffalo were dry scraped. I believe the availability of water played a large part in what they did with thier skins. I wouldn't doubt that they...
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The times I have made rawhide or buckskin I have soaked the hide for a longer period of time. Works well, but it is likely slower than using ash lye.Torjus Gaaren"Environmental Endtimer"Torjus'...
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I would be interesting to do research on this topic. I love reading historical accounts of this type of thing. They buried their skins? Does it have something to do with the acid in the soil?
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I haven't noticed any difference in time taken to remove hair with just plain water or with high OH solution in my 14-15 years of braintanning using both plain water and high OH solutions. The major...
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lots of times and more often then not i just scrape skins fresh of everything without soaking at all.. ya sure sometimes i miss some grain, so I just get them wet.. wherever the grain's been missed it...
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The mucus stuff is broken down by several things, high concentration OH molecule solutions (KOH, NaOH), and time (a year or more of being dried out completely). These things break down the chemical...
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