[TheForge] OT - Hides in ones Blacksmith shop

[Peter Hirst]

3 to 4 is about right.  On the other hand, a hairy bellows might be worth a 
lot less.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wes Marquart" <marquart at arlinn-tower.com>
To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 8:01 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] OT - Hides in ones Blacksmith shop


> Well they guy who was going to teach me how to tan the hides wanted to do 
> it
> that way.... :{  I know I thought that was a bit strange as well.
>
> I'm sure that hair on makes it worth 3-4 times as much.
>
> I'll make sure he doesn't want to take it off the other six!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Hirst
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 4:52 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT - Hides in ones Blacksmith shop
>
> Oh my god:  you have two buffalo hides and you're trying to get the hair
> OFF?  Do you have any idea what a good buffalo robe is worth compared to
> bare hide?
>
> Keziah
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wes Marquart" <marquart at arlinn-tower.com>
> To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 3:14 PM
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] OT - Hides in ones Blacksmith shop
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>
>> You could have my dilemma...
>>
>> I've got two buffalo hides sitting in a barrel of lye-water (actually
>> lye-ICE) taking up space in my shop...
>>
>> A neighbor brought them over in early November so he could 'teach' me
>> tanning... he'd originally said that we'd only need to soak them for 2-3
>> days in wood-ash/water to get the hair to slip off... so we checked them
>> every couple of days - for a month & a half - no slippage... so we 
>> drained
>> them and then went to a lye and water solution... still no slippage...
>> finally it got cold enuf for things to freeze into a solid block... so I
>> have a 55 gal. poly drum sitting in the middle of the floor...
>>
>> I've even tried running a torpedo heater on it to try and thaw things out
>> far enough so I can drain the liquid...
>>
>> Looks like I'll have two hides as residents till later this spring...
>>
>> Fun!
>>
>> .... OH YEAH!  Forgot the blacksmithing content...  :)
>>
>> part of the hides are destined to become part of a new double chamber
>> bellows...
>>
>> -Wes
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Smith
>> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 2:01 PM
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>> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Pelt Stretching Frame
>>
>> Wes,
>>
>> I was think of doing that, I need the space and the
>> barn is the right size to work on such things.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jerry
>> --- Wes Marquart <marquart at arlinn-tower.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You could always hang it from a beam... lower it
>>> down with ropes when you
>>> want to work on it & then haul it back up to free up
>>> floor space.
>>>
>>> -Wes
>>>
>>
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