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Recently I was told that some types of traditional mukluk boots utilized the ash tanned hair-on lower leg skin of deer. I've had a bit of a google but can't find any information on this technique. Does anybody here have experience with ash tanning that they'd be kind enough to share? Is the ash...

Hmmmm.... Given that my 1L bottle of neatsfoot oil smells quite pleasant, i suspect its a blend as described elsewhere in this thread (purchased on eBay as pure neatsfoot oil). Is it possible to make at home? And, naive, question, is it possible to use lard or some other rendered down animal fat...

Very good thread this, but does anybody know why I can't see any of the pictures? Can only see little boxes with red crosses in them - clicking on them doesn't help either!:eek:

Just made my first batch of hide glue from a deer skin. It is now reduced down to about 1/2 pint, is set solid and cold, looks like shinny chocolate coloured rubber. In deed, is like rubber. 3 questions. Will it store as is in a suitable container without going mouldy or should it be kept in the...

Thanks Ian. It wasn't there that I read it, but that is a very good and informative link so cheers for that!:) Also, just realized that when I up load a picture to picassa, the default setting is private. Should work now......

Absolutely bloody brilliant! Thanks very much for sharing this!:You_Rock_

Just gotta stitch the badger leather neck with sinue thread and I'm done. I read recently, and have just spent half an hour looking through my books - but can't find it for the life of me, information on a special water-tight sinue stitch. I think it was an Inuit thing, but can't quite...

Great. Yes, it's a balloon filled with water to aid sinking in the tan bath......

Top tip. Have set all to public. Perhaps that works?:)

Thanks Crosslandkelly. Don't understand. When I click on the link in the post the photo opens up fine????? I've both hyperlinked and copyied and pasted the url in the insert image box.

A number of friends of mine have praised this site (that I've just stareted using), and in particular the forum, for the wealth of knowledge both demonstrated and shared. I'm hoping to tap into some of that vast experience because, quite frankly, life is short! Yes, it is really interesting and...

Update. The intestine has tanned well. Just gotta neatsfoot oil it and try a little softening, then will use it as a binding/decoration on a drum. In the meantime, I thought I'd tan the badger's stomach as well. I've done this before with a deer stomach. On that occassion I cleaned the outside...

hummm....technology. Wonder if this'll work.....

So far so good.....

I think it's great! How did you make the paw print?goodjob

The intestine experiment has turned into more of a tanning project than a cordage one now, although perhaps the two aren't mutually exclusive. I cut it to leave a long inch wide strip and cleared out all the gunk. Working inch my inch using the flat back off a knife and dragging it over a...

Thanks Toddy. It's interesting the way we (at least me!) get stuck in familiar ways of doing things. I've used roadkill intestines a lot for sausages, and would have just spent perhaps up to an hour thoroughly cleaning them inside and outside whilst keeping intact, just cos I'm used to it that...

Am just about to gut a fresh roadkill fox. Was speaking to Will Lord of Beyond 2000 Years BC the other day about the use of fresh intestine as cordage/twine material. He said that it tends to be slightly stretchier than tendon cordage, and that the fact that you need to salt it up means that if...