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I asked that b/c the only thing I ever read on making rawhide (yet) said you should nail it to a board. Why, I don't know. But I don't trust that book much, it didn't explain tanning very well & made...

feralchef, I'd say I'm sort of like you. A lot of why I do this is because it's cheap, and here I am living right up against the woods without a car for Pete's sake, "get out in the woods and learn...

Ever processed acorns? I hear you have to leach the tannin out, possibly in several changes of water, but I've never tried it. I'd love to know if anybody has, and what they learned.

Yeah, to the death. Of the thread. It's like this obsession, neither flamer can stop, only I found out one time the one way to stop them is to pop in and tell them each that they've made some good...

Hey thx for the tip, hunter, I have one more hide & no brain (haha) so I was thinking of making rawhide... are you saying normal wood works OK?

Brains. BRAAAIINS....

For an awesome tutorial, go to the Making Things forum, Tutorials sub-forum, and look for "Braintanning the simple (or overcomplicated) way" by your_comforting_company. (I...

your_comforting_company, i just want to say, I've looked at maybe a couple dozen tutorials while trying to learn how this past two months (just finished my second decent-looking hide) and yours was...

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- If you want a perfect-looking hide, you have to grain perfectly. Bits of grain that stay on the hide won't take the smoke color when you smoke it, they'll stay lighter colored and they...

I think this probably isn't high-level enough to go in Tutorials, but if anyone thinks it should be moved, sure.

I have a belief that it's sometimes better for an apprentice to teach a newbie....

My condolences to you too, Sarge. :1eye:

I want to highly recommend Fedco Seeds. They're knowledgeable about small farming, they're conscientious, they're no-GMO (to the point where they will pull seeds if they learn they've gotten...

Hi all, I'm Crooked Bird, happy to be here.

I'm a woman in my early thirties, live in Illinois, and yes, we have hills, it's the Illinois Valley, possibly the only hilly area in the state. A lot...