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Walnut dyed buckskin?

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Peatreg:
I've made the decision to keep it as is and not dye it. Let it age on its own.

BowEd:
Wise decision I think...Nice shirt there.A little more smoke/grease/and dirt on it will give it a nice petina.At least that's what's happened to mine in time.
Smoking each hide to an equal shade is challenging for sure.My way involves a lot of checking and watching the clock and the degree of heat from the smudge fire.
mullet....That sure did come out nice for you.
I think sometime we oughta all show our buckskin outfits on and then the individual components too.No matter what the style they are.A lot of posting pics I know but I just bought more room on this photobucket so I'm good to go.....lol.

BowEd:
Another way of evening up the smoke color on hides is to get the darker ones wet/ring them out a bit and let dry.Continual wetting and drying on smoked brain tan will lighten it up too.

mullet:

--- Quote from: Beadman on August 02, 2016, 11:58:26 am ---Wise decision I think...Nice shirt there.A little more smoke/grease/and dirt on it will give it a nice petina.At least that's what's happened to mine in time.
Smoking each hide to an equal shade is challenging for sure.My way involves a lot of checking and watching the clock and the degree of heat from the smudge fire.
mullet....That sure did come out nice for you.
I think sometime we oughta all show our buckskin outfits on and then the individual components too.No matter what the style they are.A lot of posting pics I know but I just bought more room on this photobucket so I'm good to go.....lol.

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I like looking at everybodies, gives me a different idea. I'm sitting on three skins now trying to decide what I want to do with them.

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