New To PaleoPlanet
Hello All - I am new to paleoplanet. I have been building primitive style bows for 4 years now. Everyone that hunts with a bow out of my cabin in North Central PA uses one of my bows and handmade...
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Welcome to the forum. I live in Mercer county, Pa, so I'm not that far away. We braintan full time, for the most part. Your hides will turn a darker color when bucked, however they might be stained if...
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I rinsed them with 1/4 cup of vinegegar per gallon of water about 6 times after bucking and they were still dark. I did use wood ashes to buck. I ran out of time and had to freeze (i travel for work)....
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If you rinsed well, they should't be ruined. It's possible that you may not have gotten the membrane layer off... With a dull wet scraper, you can scrape pretty hard while fleshing, being more careful...
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Thanks Ma. I beleive you are right an i did not get all of the membrane off. Being my first attempt at tanning I am guessing i did not get all of the membrane off. When smoking what type of wood...
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Are they still swollen and rubbery? I don't neutralize with vinegar, because unless you use a ph meter, you're just guessing at when the hide is neutral You can easily go too far the other way and...
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Thanks Skinner. They felt like they had thinned out, but were still a bit slimy feeling. It is tough for me to know what they should feel like since i am new to brain tanning. I have pH test kit (i...
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1/4 cup of vinegar per gal of water is good, maybe just a little more, just enough so that it's neutral, or so. You just don't want any lye left in there. Oak makes good color. Smoke it. Keep a...
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Thanks for the advice Ma. I hope i can post some pictures of a finshed buckskin (or 3) after the new year. I have a week off and plan on hunting to try and get more skins, and tanning the 3 i have. I...
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Oak should work fine. I use a lot of oak sawdust. Yeah, the ph should be 6.5-7. Not saying you didn't get them neutral, it just stinks to have to re-soften when they are still too alkali. Once I have...
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skinner - The washing machine may be an option for me as well (my wife actually participats in all of the crazy hobbies haha she got her first buck this yr and it was a dandy. no shots with the bows...
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I'm not sure what you mean about channeling the smoke out of your smokehouse. I guess it's a smokehouse for meat? We use a smokehouse of sorts, a wooden box that the hide sacks hang in. The smoke goes...
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