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Title: deer hide
Post by paracordslinger on Oct 24^th, 2011 at 9:04pm

this year i am hoping to have 3 deer skins to work with(me, my brother and my dad) and i am hoping to brain tan two skins and make them into buckskin, and another into rawhide, thoughts, suggestions? what wood should I smoke the hides with after smearing the brains on?

Title: Re: deer hide
Post by Arthur the great on Oct 25^th, 2011 at 11:55am

actually from what i read you dont smear the brains on you boil the and then put the hide in the water with the brains for awhile
check wikihow.com

Title: Re: deer hide
Post by paracordslinger on Oct 25^th, 2011 at 5:20pm

iknow, just didnt ant to write that :)

Title: Re: deer hide
Post by Eoraptor on Oct 25^th, 2011 at 7:56pm

I don't think it matters what wood you use, I've heard that punky wood will give you more smoke. Make sure you smoke it long and well; brained tanned hides don't have chemicals to keep bugs off, just the smoke.
I don't have much of anything to contribute about rawhide...

Title: Re: deer hide
Post by Bill Skinner on Oct 25^th, 2011 at 10:10pm

I don't like to use deer hide for raw hide, dog chews are much easier to get. Soak them and unroll them, then cut into strips.

If you are planning on making a shirt, tan that third hide, you'll need it for sleeves. You may want to track down a fourth, that way, you don't run out of materials in the middle of the project. If there is a deer processer near, they will usually let you have it for free. Try to get one that only got shot once and the guy didn't use a magunum.

And good luck to the three of you. Bill

As far as smoke, the smokier, the better. The old rotten damp stuff that is hard to get burning and won't stay burning unless you keep fooling with it is great.

Title: Re: deer hide
Post by paracordslinger on Oct 26^th, 2011 at 7:00pm

the rawhide is for a shield and a rawhide hammer, the rest is lacing. i was goung to try some leggings, sewing them with rawhide, and with rawhide hems and brush guards, and possibly a rawhide spearhead...

Title: Re: deer hide
Post by Arthur the great on Oct 26^th, 2011 at 7:30pm

wow raw hide must pretty versatile

Title: Re: deer hide
Post by Bill Skinner on Oct 26^th, 2011 at 10:12pm

Going to need some more hides for all those projects. The two brain tanned are for a shirt?

Title: Re: deer hide
Post by paracordslinger on Oct 28^th, 2011 at 9:59pm

no, the hides are purely for what i stated above, no shirt, just leggings

Title: Re: deer hide
Post by Bill Skinner on Oct 29^th, 2011 at 8:20pm

That sounds like a neat project. They usually didn't sew with rawhide, they used sinew, from the ankles and from the back straps. Do you know how to make thread? Bill

Title: Re: deer hide
Post by paracordslinger on Oct 30^th, 2011 at 8:38pm

yes, i could have had chpmunk sinew today :)

Title: Re: deer hide
Post by Bill Skinner on Oct 30^th, 2011 at 10:43pm

You would have to get a whole bunch.

Title: Re: deer hide
Post by paracordslinger on Nov 3^rd, 2011 at 9:46pm

hehe, i could have had squirrel sinew today, i love squrrell season:)