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Why do people think leather hasn't been studied to death???? Humans have been using it longer than science itself. lol so much for " people with more of a technical background" knowing shit about anything i guess none of those Brainiac's prolly know about these. https://archive.org/details/pub_american-leather-chemists-association-journal We've done a half dozen hides since this post. Some things are as easy as they are ever going to get on a small scale project and there's a time when you just have to accept that, roll up your sleeves and work hard. Don't worry though its actually good for you. Thank you i appreciate that information but NO, I'll pass i couldn't find any info anywhere on that product. I'm not chancing ruining a hide I've got so much work into already.

https://archive.org/details/pub_american-leather-chemists-association-journal

here is an archive of tons o books on leather science. this site a good start on finding what you want just search leather but this book has info on your speriment you may need. https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.10394

I too love a good experiment and am looking forward to someone who can for once say it takes x amount of steel wool in y amount of vinegar of a given strength for z amount of days to get a solution of ?% iron That works on leather with ? amount of residual tannic acid. How did you set up your experiment? How much steel wool did you use? how much vinegar? By now you should have data that suggests how much the steel wool is reduced daily by the vinegar. How have your measured that? What is your method to find out how much iron in solution and tannic acid it takes to achieve Black in an average piece of leather? what is your method for testing the residual tannic acid in leather?

Everything you need to know on brain tanning. https://www.amazon.com/Deerskins-into-Buckskins-Brains-Soap/dp/0965867242

folks who know which side the feather should traditionally go on certainly will be giving him attention. maybe not the kind he wants.

yea pretty much , here's the deal the vinegar is simply to speed up the process of reducing the iron(rusting it away) and putting it in a liquid suspension . You could use plain water but it would take much longer than the vinegar. It doesn't have to be exact in any way and its about as sciency as putting a mento in diet pop. If you use stronger vinegar then you also put stronger acids on your leather which isn't good, neither would be the oil you wanted to put on top of the mixture to keep out air. Remember the end result is to produce a liquid you can put on leather, dye it black, and not ruin it. There are more than a couple of threads on this topic it may be good to read through some of them, there are also other ways to make the roon. Good luck!!!

nah you can use a dodge or chevy too lol Seriously i think its to hold the passes into the national parks, in the big ones you gotta pay to see land belonging to "the People" so he would need one in Yellowstone. a regular pass is 35 bucks for seven days meaning you can come and go from the park and get back in with the pass. Oh and one also for grand Teton park that you also travel through at the south end.

the feather on the right signifies its a womans hat, the bullets on the left signifies she means business lol. wonderful band IMO.

i love it. leave room for Wyoming!

God bless you my friend and happy Easter right back.

and more acid in your leather! quit jackin with it let it work a couple weeks and go enjoy Easter my friend.

box cases are in book three, they don't specifically show a shotgun case but the techniques are the same.

holy cow those are awesome stamps. I have never seen that brand over here in the states.

the Al stohlman books on case making to start , i think there are three.

i was just thinking the younger folk just snap a picture on their phones to save and share info, it would be good to have something on or near the sign so they could do that. good luck to you sounds like you have a good niche going.

that sure should prove your point , it looks really nice. How do they get ahold of you?

here is some good info to have on hand. https://www.leather-dictionary.com/index.php/Split_leather

That is good !! its been a tough winter here, two back to back heavy snow falls ,that left over three feet then just last week another heavy one with 9 inches or so, all the critters are hungry and i 'm hoping they make the birthing season without more snow.

didn't see this one but i have agree it does look nice! Now you need to work on those bolsters a bit.

Did you know you could feed hawks with bread crumbs? We have been putting out our stale bread for the finches but the squirrels took over. Now it appears the hawks are back for the summer.

beautiful work my friend, how many tools are used in that pattern? is your loop sewn on?

I don't think it is , its very light and flexible though when seasoned, so they don't break easily they bend a bit. when i was a kid i would climb the young trees until they bent over and let me back off on the ground don't know why i thought it was so much fun but it was to me lol. when they clear cut the pine then the quakies grow back in so thick that the forest service has to thin them out, they leave big piles of the saplings so i get a few.

Give it a go man life is short. lol

but if ya are worried about .2mm difference and cant skive it then moisten it and press it, burnish or hammer it, remember its leather and it will compress