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Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
Posts: 4520
Location: carms in wales

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 06 7:51 pm Post subject:

there is a dvd produced by matt richards, the writer of deerskins into buckskins...isbn 0-9658672-4-2 which would show everything you need to know.....i don't know if it is playable in this country

i have been seriously thinking about trying to get hold of it because it shows the fleshing and getting the hair off and how far you should go etc.

i got the book off amazon i think, it wasn't all that expensive and certainly goes through the process quite thoroughly and in plain language...it was a very interesting book and there is a web site as well - braintan.com although i only visited it a few times.

soem of the clothing produced by tanners in the us is absolutely superb, incredible work and well beyond me but his tanning book gives you all you need except the time to do it in.....

a lot of his processes could be used on any type of skin

i would really like to get into doing skins a bit more

perhaps i should investigate the dvd a bit .....

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46184
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Mar 26, 06 4:53 pm Post subject:
oak wasp galls are an ace tannin source . remind me to post recipies please

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 20809
Location: sunny wales

Posted: Sun Mar 26, 06 9:33 pm Post subject:
they are indeed, make ink with them a couple of times a year at least. Not always easy to find round here though.

judetheabstruse

Joined: 10 Aug 2006
Posts: 1

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 06 11:34 am Post subject:
Hello, there. Does anyone have the name of the three day curing chemical that can be ordered from Boots? Jude

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 06 12:35 pm Post subject:
I've just spent some time in the tanneries in Morocco, and they were doing this, but using cow's urine and pigeon droppings. More environmentally friendly, perhaps, but did it ever stink...

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45664
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 06 12:39 pm Post subject:
When Bermondsey was a big tanning area it used to be done with human urine and dogs crap.

Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
Posts: 4520
Location: carms in wales

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 06 12:43 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

When Bermondsey was a big tanning area it used to be done with human urine and dogs crap.

very true

and collecting doggy doos was a job of one of the poorer strata of society according to that prog that tony robinson did all about the worst jobs in history

i personally think i shall stick to salt and alum

i have managed to get hold of a scraper, made for me by a local blacksmith but still can't get hold of a copy of the dvd for our player as it wasn't one of the more expensive ones and won't play all the different zones

still want to do it properly but will have to wait now till we get to wales..........

Pea

Joined: 19 Sep 2005
Posts: 960
Location: Rugby

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 07 11:06 am Post subject:

judetheabstruse wrote:

Hello, there. Does anyone have the name of the three day curing chemical that can be ordered from Boots?
Jude

Hi can anyone remember this? I have a skin from my Balwen lamb that I would like to do. Hopefully I can get the potash Alum from boots but, if not I might be able to get the other product.

Cheers Pea

Barefoot Andrew
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
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Location: In the 17th century

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 12:26 pm Post subject:
The post at the head of this thread has now been articlified here. A.

unlacedgecko

Joined: 21 Nov 2009
Posts: 32

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 09 3:51 pm Post subject:
i have recently been tanning some fox pelts with a battery acid and table salt reicipe i found on the internet. i will publish photos once i finish. so far i have done two pelts, they are a little dry and stiff at the moment tho. but i do have some neats foot oil to massage into them. hopefully this will soften them up and make them more flexible.

kevin.vinke

Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 1304
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 09 12:27 pm Post subject:
I have two fairly small sheep skins which I want to try. They are very mucky though and it´s freezing outside! Any reason they couldn´t be put through the washing machine? For the first stage.

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 09 12:31 pm Post subject:

Might make them a bit cloggy? I have washed sheepskin rugs in the machine though and they come oiut fine.

I am still annoyed that the ill tempered abbatoir owner could not be bothered to keep mine. Even when asked nicely and reminded.

We hadn't shorn the lambs with this is in mind and one was a nice Jacob. We shan't be using him again. He might be a good butcher but aside from that he has nothing to recommend him.

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 20809
Location: sunny wales

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 09 12:31 pm Post subject:
I'd worry about felting the hair side in the washing machine, but if you felt a 'wool wash' cycle would be gentle enough, aand that the machine could cope with the amount of dirt that might come off, then it could be worth a go. I might be more tempted to wash in the bath and put through a spin cycle in the machine to get it dry enough to deal with?

kevin.vinke

Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 1304
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 09 12:40 pm Post subject:

sally_in_wales wrote:

I'd worry about felting the hair side in the washing machine, but if you felt a 'wool wash' cycle would be gentle enough, aand that the machine could cope with the amount of dirt that might come off, then it could be worth a go.

I might be more tempted to wash in the bath and put through a spin cycle in the machine to get it dry enough to deal with?

Ok will try the smallest first, nothing vetured

and if it doesn´t work try the bath method. Thanks Sally.

kevin.vinke

Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 1304
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 09 5:59 pm Post subject:
Just a quick update. I ended up putting both through the washing machine. On the wool setting 30 degrees extra rinse and 1000 rpm spin. Came out much cleaner, still a few bits of poo but uch better.

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