Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: knap_123 on July 01, 2012, 01:25:01 am

Title: stiff ?
Post by: knap_123 on July 01, 2012, 01:25:01 am

i tryed my hand at tanning a hide with ivory soap today and man it was HOT!  anyway, it came out pretty stiff still and pappery in spots. can i smoke to save my progress then resoak it to rework out the remaining stiffness or what?

Title: Re: stiff ?
Post by: madcrow on July 07, 2012, 07:54:37 pm

I've never just used ivory soap, but yes you can smoke It and then resoak it.  I do that with eggs sometimes.  Is the papery part the belly?  Was it grained good?  If not,  dry it completely and sand the grain off before soaking