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bjrogg:

--- Quote from: BowEd on May 28, 2021, 02:13:26 pm ---Yep Pappy.A persons' degree of imagination is the limit as to the things to be made from this stuff.

--- End quote ---


You took the words right out of my mouth Ed.

I was just thinking. Now it’s ready for your imagination

Bjrogg

BowEd:
I'm exploring my options here to see what is cost viable.I have cow rawhide on hand here already.I gave the tannery a question message as to the cost to chrome tan and dye this piece.Cow rawhide is of a different texture structure than deer,elk,or bison.A lot tighter.If done with them they would shave it to an overall thickness of 4 ounce leather.Something I'm not prepared to do here either.
For brain tanning a lot more work for penetration of brain oils in a beef hide.Freezing and thawing after braining does help but still a lot of work.Waiting till winter time here to brain tan it would be the viable option there.I would need to rope it dry on a suitable temperatured day then too.Ordering perfect weather for something like that from mother nature is a very long shot to happen.A heated shed would be an option to use there and then there is the smoking of to be done too.
I've bark tanned cowhide and elk hide in the past too but that is very time consuming and of course extra work too.55 gallon barrels of tannic water need to be prepared for that and weeks of soaking.Then oiling and softening.
All in all I know what I'm getting into here and will decide.

Pappy:
Ya done enough big deer hide and a couple of cow elk to know what kind of job brain tanning a cow hide would be to get penetration and then work till dry, that would be a job for sure. I am sure you will come up with something though. ;) :)
 Pappy

BowEd:
Brain tanning mature beef rawhide is different then brain tanning buffalo or elk.The structure of the fibers is a lot tighter.Why that is is beyond me.A lot more stretching and even thinning is needed with them.I've tanned calf hides and noticed this.I just framed and fleshed another deerhide.Piece of cake compared to the beef.Even videos shown doing moose hides show them thinning the moose hides considerably.
I might just brain tan this beef hide yet though.It all depends on how much cherrios I eat.....ha ha.The temptation to have a tannery do it at a lower cost because of my prep work is inviting.
I'll get a price from them sometime when they call back.

Will B:
That is a really nice looking hide Ed. Lots of rawhide for future bows.

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