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trail walker:
this thing is brain tanned but was to thick to soften well. At least how we did it.

trail walker:
And I can't figure out how to get big pictures for the life of me! >:(

bjrogg:
That's a real nice picture trailwalker. That's  quite a project you and your helpers took on there. A lot of people might even consider it messy. I've never done more than rawhide for bovine. I've done enough other animals to appreciate your efforts.
Thanks for the update
Bjrogg
PS I don't think it's so much the size of the picture as that it needs  to be formatted in a IMG if I remember right then sometimes I still have to crop it down. I think it's the number of pixels it uses that needs to be limited.

BowEd:
Good enough picture to get the comparison in size.Lot of effort there I know.Most times a beef I will just dehair and make rawhide.I do like a horse hide hair on that I use over the couch so that robins' dogs can't destroy the couch.That was chemically tanned.
Could use the brain tan buffalo hide too but the shorter hair of the horse is nicer.
If you ever get ahold of a cow buffalo hide under 2 years old you'll find that leather to not be near as thick to brain tan.

trail walker:
Ya, it is pretty much just brained rawhide. ;D, we laced it up on a big old 2*12 board frame and at the last brain application we walked all over it and kept wetting it down until it was pretty much soft as fresh off the cow. Then me and my brother jumped on it like a trampoline for like 7 hours and it just got stiffer and stiffer. It would work awesome for sandals or moccasin soles though, Possibly a quiver or something.
we have been walking on it and working it and it has been getting softer.My little brother decided it was his new bed. ??? I can fold it into fourths pretty easy now.

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