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Question on Bear Fat

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Pappy:
It has been in the fridge[not freezer] for a few days now, checked it yesterday and it has set up pretty firm, plan on straining it one more time this weekend  through cheese cloth , put in smaller containers and call it good, thanks for the info. :)
 Pappy

WhistlingBadger:

--- Quote from: Fox on November 03, 2020, 04:58:34 pm ---At a Earth skills rendezvous I was making buck skin with a mentor and he didn’t have enough vegetable oil for the dressing, so he went and traded for some bear fat... it was liquid. Put some lecithin in it and it made some real soft hides.


-Fox

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Oooooh, bear fat for brain-tanning!  Interesting idea.  We are discouraged from using brain these days because CWD is so common, but I might have to try bear fat with some lecithin...or maybe an egg?

Hawkdancer:
Might use beef or pork brains instead of the wild ones.  Not real primitive, but safer!  Just remember to cook them outside!  They have a stout aroma!
Hawkdancer

Fox:

--- Quote from: WhistlingBadger on November 04, 2020, 10:18:22 am ---
--- Quote from: Fox on November 03, 2020, 04:58:34 pm ---At a Earth skills rendezvous I was making buck skin with a mentor and he didn’t have enough vegetable oil for the dressing, so he went and traded for some bear fat... it was liquid. Put some lecithin in it and it made some real soft hides.


-Fox

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Oooooh, bear fat for brain-tanning!  Interesting idea.  We are discouraged from using brain these days because CWD is so common, but I might have to try bear fat with some lecithin...or maybe an egg?

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Yeah works great, lecithin and oil is what I use instead of brains. For one deer hide it’s 2 TBS of lecithin, and 3 TBS of oil, mixed up real good in 2 Quart jars of water.


-Fox

WhistlingBadger:

--- Quote from: Fox on November 04, 2020, 06:33:54 pm ---Yeah works great, lecithin and oil is what I use instead of brains. For one deer hide it’s 2 TBS of lecithin, and 3 TBS of oil, mixed up real good in 2 Quart jars of water.
-Fox

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I will definitely give that a try some time.

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