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Title: egg tan
Post by: jamie on August 07, 2007, 07:57:06 am

3 hide egg tan wet scrape shirt. biggest pain in the butt was cutting all the lacing. need 2 more deer so i can do the leggings and be done. the breach clout and shirt were from last years deer.peace

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Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: Justin Snyder on August 07, 2007, 10:11:54 am

That is a great looking shirt Jamie. How does the egg tan compare to brain tanning. Is it as durable.  I have been reading a loton tanning, and the commercial tans just don't seem to be able to produce as durable of a tan for clothing.  I'm sure the smoke has a lot to do with it. Maybe a tan along on the leggings would help.  ;D   Justin

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: Pat B on August 07, 2007, 10:55:48 am

Cool shirt Jamie. Could you do an egg-tan-a-long? or at least give us some info abvout it.  Pat

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: duffontap on August 07, 2007, 01:31:40 pm

Cool, I've wanted to get a couple elk hides and do a Lewis and Clark type outfit.  A tan-along would be great.

        J. D.

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: jamie on August 07, 2007, 01:38:41 pm

this winter when the killin stops and i start tannin i'll do a how to. its just like brainin and feels the same. i need to get some more smoke in it and when the wallnuts start fallin im gonna darken it up with the walnuts. peace

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: possum on August 08, 2007, 02:05:02 pm

oh goody, I knew my chickens were gonna come in handy...

possum

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: duffontap on August 08, 2007, 03:42:43 pm

Quote from: possum on August 08, 2007, 02:05:02 pm

oh goody, I knew my chickens were gonna come in handy...

possum

They're good to eat you know.  Taste just like rattlesnake.

           J. D.

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: Justin Snyder on August 08, 2007, 06:31:02 pm

Good target practice too.  The keep moving so the yardage is changing.  ;D And you dont need a license. Justin

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: Hillbilly on August 12, 2007, 12:19:23 pm

Great stuff, Jamie. I egg-tanned one hide, and it turned out soft, but had a bit of a wierd crinkly feel compared to braintan-maybe I just didn't get all the membrane off that one.

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: jamie on August 12, 2007, 03:46:52 pm

hillbilly do ya wet scrape or dry?

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: Hillbilly on August 12, 2007, 04:11:24 pm

Dry. I don't usually have enough time to wet-scrape. I can stretch one and scrape on it here and there 'til it's done.

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: jamie on August 12, 2007, 04:15:05 pm

ya gotta do like me and wet scrape. then ya just get up at 3 am and spend an hour workin on it before ya go to work. lol >:(

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: possum on August 16, 2007, 04:17:28 pm

OK, what is the egg tan?  What is the procedure?  Please.

possum

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: jamie on August 16, 2007, 08:34:48 pm

instead of rubbing in brains you mix a dozen eggs into a half galon of warm water and soak the hide in the mixture. wring it out soak it again and so on for 4 or 5 times.

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: possum on August 17, 2007, 05:28:28 pm

oh.

you sure?  That's too simple.  I'll have to add a few steps to make it more difficult.

Let's see...
1.)  You need to chase the chicken around a when you catch it you need to squeeze the egg out before it forms the shell.
2.)  If it comes out with the shell on you must pell the shell off the membrane with rupturing the membrane. ;D

See?  Now that seems like it may be difficult enough.

possum

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: possum on August 17, 2007, 05:29:21 pm

Instead of pelling the shell, maybe we should PEEL it instead. ::)

possum

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: jamie on August 17, 2007, 05:58:36 pm

whatever makes it enjoyable for ya. ;D

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: Justin Snyder on August 17, 2007, 06:03:37 pm

If you want to make it really difficult, you could try laying the egg yourself.  :D Justin

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: jamie on August 17, 2007, 06:09:20 pm

i just spit food on my computer when i read that. lol

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: Justin Snyder on August 17, 2007, 06:42:24 pm

Jamie, you ever tried egg glue? Justin

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: jamie on August 17, 2007, 06:57:19 pm

nope , do tell.

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: Justin Snyder on August 18, 2007, 12:20:26 am

Mix egg white with water.  Done...  It actually is best for gluing paper to paper, like a white glue. It can also be used for gluing ceramic/pottery.  Kind of like casein glue from milk.  Justin

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: brokennock on August 30, 2007, 01:51:27 am

Hey bro, I would love to see a "tan-along" but even more so, if you need any help, I'm lookin to get some hands on learnin. Both on tanning and butchering. The place I would take a deer to hang in a cool place and have butcher it, has closed. I'd Love to learn how to do it all, but have no place to A) hang a deer (especially begining of the season when it's hot) and B) Could really use some one else to guide my hands. So when you finish whackin 'n' stackin and are up to your armpits in dead stuff, call me.

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: jamie on August 30, 2007, 05:39:20 am

you got it dave hope your ready to sweat.  :)

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: cowboy on September 04, 2007, 10:30:52 pm

Hey Jamie, like the handiwork!! I was wondering if you could tan with the hair on using that method, or is their a better way - just rolling some thought's around.

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: jamie on September 05, 2007, 06:40:45 am

sure can

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: cowboy on September 05, 2007, 09:50:13 am

10-4, thanks 8)

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: jamie on September 05, 2007, 10:07:59 am

cowboy i was in a hurry before. the one thing you dont do with hair on is soak the hide . you have to string it up on a frame and rub the egg mixture into the dampened hide. getting it into the hide is time consuming this way but its no different than using brains. check out deerskins into buckskins by matt richards. it is the book on wet scrape tanning. also john mcphersons book is good too. i think horsefeathers carries them both or at least the videos. peace

Title: Re: egg tan
Post by: cowboy on September 05, 2007, 10:10:17 am

10-4, again. I appreciate it Jamie!