11-09-2004, 09:26 PM
its been a long time for me since I last did any tanning my self, I used to use a brine made of Aluminum sulfate and borax, and maybe another chemical... I would have to look it up to be sure...
I found the fleshing part fairly easy, but back them I had my own board for fleshing, I still have many of the tools of the traid other than the board aperatus. my hard part was working in the oil to soften the leather,. when I did mine, I liked to leave the hair on. I found when water proffing the leather that the hair would also absorb the water proffing solution. I thought this would ad an extra sheilding when out in wet weather....
I used to do a lot of trapping in my earlier days, and to make a dollar I would have to flesh, dry and strech the skins before selling them. the better I got at it the more money I could make up to a point. When My line would go cold the fur buyer would hire me to skin and flesh his skins. You had to be fast in order to make 20 bucks an hour when you are being paid by 50 cents per peice.
sure miss those days,
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I found the fleshing part fairly easy, but back them I had my own board for fleshing, I still have many of the tools of the traid other than the board aperatus. my hard part was working in the oil to soften the leather,. when I did mine, I liked to leave the hair on. I found when water proffing the leather that the hair would also absorb the water proffing solution. I thought this would ad an extra sheilding when out in wet weather....
I used to do a lot of trapping in my earlier days, and to make a dollar I would have to flesh, dry and strech the skins before selling them. the better I got at it the more money I could make up to a point. When My line would go cold the fur buyer would hire me to skin and flesh his skins. You had to be fast in order to make 20 bucks an hour when you are being paid by 50 cents per peice.
sure miss those days,
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