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Old 02-16-2011, 04:17 PM
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Oak tanning hides?

Anybody have a good information on oak tanning hides? I know a little, but I am basically wanting to tan without using chemicals, and without using feces, or brains.

IE I know I can use a mixture of wood ash and salt before bating, I know I can use a boiled down oak bark solution for the actual tanning. I am looking for some what to do bating without having to use manure, or heavy chemicals. IE another bark/ash/etc solution. I have heard folks can use lye soap for bating but cannot find a reference to back it up.

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Old 02-17-2011, 02:17 AM
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You can use lye soap but nowdays you'll have to make it yourself..And from what I can remember it had to be pretty strong lye soap
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Old 02-17-2011, 07:46 AM
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GOB;
I don't know anything about oak tanning hides, but did you check the firefox series of books? Seems to me that if there was anything of a 'pioneering' nature, that series of books had some information on it.
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