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BowEd:
I will try to get it roped dry soon.Show a few pics off that too.

BowEd:
While wringing the bucket is put underneath to catch the drippings.I will sew the hole up with some thin nylon beading thread I have with a very fine needle before roping it also.

BowEd:
I've wrung this hide now 7 times with sticks on the rope and feel as though it is brained.A few of the times I reheated the brain solution to warm it before reimmersing the hide hoping that will help with the penetration of oils.With the final wringing done it is just a matter of getting rid of moisture from hide as it is stretched every direction across the rope till dry.
To help get the moisture out of hide I lay out some towels on the floor that'll cover the hide/lay the hide on the towels/cover hide with towels again/fold and roll up towels/and leave it rolled up at least an hour or so in a plastic bag.
The weather here is not warm enough and too cloudy for drying properly so I might leave it in the frig awhile longer.Maybe the sun will come out later.Otherwise it does not hurt to leave it in frig a day or two for the weather to get right.I like it around 70 degrees sunny with a slight breeze.
The brain solution I put in the frig also to keep from spoiling in case the hide is'nt brained enough to rebrain it.I will find that out as I rope it dry.

BowEd:
Here are a couple of books I went by back then.Larry Belitz's Brain Tan the Sioux Way was helpful but not as much as John Mchearsons' book Buckskin.It was more detailed and that's when I started having consistent success.Since then I see a few other books out there about it.Some are pretty good but Johns' method works for me.Don't fix something that is'nt broken I say.


John has a book for practically every primitive procedure out there.

bjrogg:
Thanks Beadman for all the info I really found this interesting. Did I read correctly that you bought pig brains in a store?

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