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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...