HERB - Tannin in plants?
Lughnasa@aol.com
Lughnasa at aol.com
Thu Jul 2 16:52:30 PDT 1998
In a message dated 98-07-02 07:31:57 EDT, MAILER-DAEMON at aol.com writes:
>
> In a message dated 98-06-26 20:59:52 EDT, you write:
>
> >
> > For a little background to this quest, A friend and I are working on
> > making and playing a couple of bladder pipes for Queen's Prize tourney
> > next March. Why? It's the adventure of the thing! (so our husbands think
> > we've gone insane) Anyways, Par, over on the sca cooks list, has
> > suggested a way to tan the pig bladders by over boiling a plant (like
> > tea) and using the liquid. Does anyone have any suggestions on
> > documentation on medieval tanning techniques/plants that were used.
Also,
> > any sources, secondary or primary that we could use Inter-library loan
to
> > look at, would be really helpful.
> > beatrix
> >
> >
> I actually prefer brain tanning to vegetable tans for the majority of
> things. A trick for taking off fur (for some later project) is to soak the
> hide, drop a bit of sand in the fur, and rub with a rock.
>
> Kris
>
>
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