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Outbackbob48:
tradcraftsman, first brains are free, second brains are like self bows compared to say compounds vs other tanning ingredients, tanned leather either braintanned or commercial is never waterproof, maybe water resistant but never water proof. Your leather will only get as soft as the amount of work you are willing to put forth. Soft buttery leather is all about labor, but well worth it. Bob

gutpile:
stiffen a quiver with a stick of cane... I dont cook my brains... when you make a brain slurry ..I whip brains in a blender with a lil water added.. they will be frothy pink....then I add water to pot with brains..  now I heat my brains..not cook... on stove till they turn a grayish color... doesn't take long at all.. do not boil... you don't want to cook oils out of the brains.. just hot too touch ... I'll let that cool some before I sink my rawhide in the brains... you can literally cook your skin if too hot.. it will wrinkle immediately ... only needs about 7 minutes to cool enough... I like my brains as hot as I can get them without cooking skin when I sink the rawhide in the brain soup first.. Ill wring and soak about 6 or 7 times.  when wringing when you get big air bubbles coming out of skin you are getting it done right.. the penetration is happening like you need...of course this is hair off ... gut

Outbackbob48:
Gutpile, I have cooked a few hides with to hot of brains :(, It sure didn't take long. Lesson learned :o Bob

Digital Caveman:

--- Quote from: Outbackbob48 on November 10, 2020, 07:24:57 am ---tradcraftsman, first brains are free, second brains are like self bows compared to say compounds vs other tanning ingredients, tanned leather either braintanned or commercial is never waterproof, maybe water resistant but never water proof. Your leather will only get as soft as the amount of work you are willing to put forth. Soft buttery leather is all about labor, but well worth it. Bob

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What do you mean in the first line?  I know leather isn't water proof, I guess I should have said water resistant.  Basically I want it to clearly not be rawhide anymore.  If buttery leather is made by working it in, then it must be relatively easy to make stuff for a quiver that can hold its own shape.  I have half a mind to leave the hair on, it's easier and looks just as good.

gutpile:
brains are like selfbows... well, brains are all natural... you can get them free.. and they work as good if not better than anything else you may buy... I wear gloves when I use brains.. no big deal.. brains have all the ingredients to tan your hide as with any other egg, lecithin , or tanning solution... we are on a PRIMITIVE site... so basically if you want to tan primitive brains is what you use... its pretty simple even a caveman can do it... LOL..so with making a quiver.. I assume you mean a plains style quiver.. you just use a stick I use cane to give one side support.. the rest wraps around the cane or sewed to your skin... this gives the quiver a open shape for arrows... no it will not stand up on its own... with that type of quiver you will need thick cowhide leather with a sewed in bottom and still a stick or cane on one side.. it will be noisy also.. the beauty of the plains style is silence... especially with wood or cane arrows and the arrows won't fall out even when tipped upside down. it can be worn on front of body or side and out of your bows string so you can shoot with it there... even pull arrow out of quiver and load on bow with the utmost stealth .. can't do that with a back quiver you will flag a deer 100 yards away... you can wear a plains quiver on your back also .. I do when I am stalking sometimes... check out a plains Indian quiver.. IMO best quiver ever... Indians knew what they were doing.... .gut

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