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smoked deer hide w/ tipi

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brownhillboy:
The family and I sat outside this evening and tried to smoke my 1st attempt at a deer hide.  I egg tanned it and then smoked it to try to soften it up a bit.  The smoke definitely made the flesh side look better and made it smell better, but I'm not sure that it helped it at all with being softer.  I'm sure I didn't work it enough to make it really supple.  If I continue to work it over or around something, will it get softer, or do I need to do something else first?  Here's some pics too.  We started the fire first, and then found a tarp to wrap around the tipi, so it would channel the smoke better.  It was fun anyway!

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mullet:
 That looks like a fire , not a smokin' fire. ???

brownhillboy:
We just had put a little more on in that pic.  The flame was gone for most of the time and was smoking a lot.  The smoke doesn't show up in the pics.

mullet:
  Okay,,,You should be using green or wet wood or Oak leaves. No flames, look's like you are slow cooking it.

brownhillboy:
We did use wet wood and leaves, but only after getting it going with some dry wood.  How do you burn wet wood and leaves without fire? ???

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