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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I got the brain tanning book from Tandy,
and had a similar dilemma, only I was in the Outlands, so of course, it was an
elk. (hide was about 70-80# wet) Tannery in a box will work, but I went
old-school (like making your own egg drop soup from scratch, not recommended
for everyone).</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>--note—tannery in a box will negate
the following instructions, as they use new-fangled chemicals to treat the
hide. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>First first first… you need to salt
the hide to keep it from decomposing. I got a 50# bag of salt, and laid the hide
hair-side down on the garage floor, and rubbed salt in until I had a ½”
layer of salt all over the thing. This also includes cleaning up the hide so
that it is skin only. MAKE SURE you use a big plastic sheet, tarp, what ever.
Something you are not too attached to would be best… this stuff has a
relatively unpleasant odor, and it is a lot of blood that will be draining out.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Once the whole hide is packed with a layer
of salt, roll it up and stick it end-first into some sort of large container. A
brewing bucket is the right size, but only if you’ve ready to retire the
bucket. I used a huge kitty litter bucket. I made a mistake. The hide
drained out about 40# of fluid… which overfilled my bucket and formed a meandering
blood puddle under the garage door and starting down the driveway. Luckily I
got home before the neighbors did. Once this hide is all drained and dry, (you
may have to re-salt once or twice) you have rawhide. Step 1 is done. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Step 2 is tanning. Well, soaking out the
salt, dehairing the skin, boiling up some calf brains, rubbing it into the
hide, working the hide over a stump (or getting your ‘squaw’ to
chew on it), ect. This makes the hide soft and supple. I can detail it out if
need be, but I’ll wait to hear if you went with the $30 Tannery in a box,
or the 50# of salt route. ;-) In hindsight, I might have tried the tannery in
a box. But I figured I was going to save a few bucks by going the traditional
route. Just be ready to invest time, elbow grease, and eat well before you
start the project, because my appetite was ruined for days.</span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Robert Stewart
[mailto:skerritheviking@yahoo.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 17, 2003
3:15 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> barony forgotten seas; Cum an
Iolar; ansteorra<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> ottokar luther vonholstein;
Incipient Canton of Chemin Noir; calonlist<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [BFS_GENERAL] deer hide
tanning</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>A co-worker of mine that does black powder hunting is
giving me a complete untreated deer hise in about 4 hours. How do I tan
it? If you want, you can e-mail me off-list at <a
href="mailto:skerritheviking@yahoo.com">skerritheviking@yahoo.com</a> </span></font></p>
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