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Hide Glue / No metal pot !!??
Pamunkey:
Clay and soapstone would both definitely work, although neither one is particularly portable. As jackcrafty mentioned, bedrock mortars would work, as would a birchbark container as Grady mentioned. Hide glue is not absolutely necessary for hafting or fletching, and ann unbacked bow is much easier to make.
Thesquirrelslinger:
Mentioned in TBB vol 1.
Indians would use a very tighly woven basket to hold water, with hot rocks dropped in to generate boiling temps without harming basket.
I know a tightly woven basket can hold water. Ive done it... but it was a tiny basket...
I bought a tiny basket and used it for a cup to prove to a friend it can be done.
Not sure if HOT water might make it expand and get looser though.
Only tried cold.
JW_Halverson:
The stomachs of large game animals were also often hung over the fire for cooking stews. As long as the liquid levels are high enough, you are fine. Until they aren't. then you aren't.
TatankaOhitika:
Thanks guys ! Iv'e never attempted a completley primitive hide glue making . I figured rock boiling would work , but would be inefective at maintaining an even temperature resulting in faulty glue . All I know is if ya make glue with rock boiling , you better have plenty of wood , rocks , water , and an extra pair of tongs
Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
I don't think that there should be a problem with well made earthen pots. As with anything made in that fashion, a certain level of fines and patience is needed. Just as in cooking rock under fire or firing pots, you need to pay attention to what you are doing...unlike metal pots they don't require any special attention. I think once you are comfortable using earthen materials, nothing else matters. As far as portability, I don't see that being an issue either. I wouldn't be packing around my bowls with me everywhere I go. They would stay at home. no-one goes into the woods hunting without their gear already finished and in working order. It would be the same for primitive man. You gotta figure, they had homes just as we do. they didn't pack all their worldly possessions with them everywhere they went ;)
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