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    Skin covered canoes

    I have been involved in building cow-hide covered coracles using alum tanned hides. Alum tawing (tanning) is water soluble so you basically end up with rawhide following long immersion in water unless you protect the hide with an oil or fat. I have always used a coat of sheep's lanolin (wool...
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