Members BDAZ Posted July 6, 2018 Members Report Posted July 6, 2018 We had our first rain today in many months. This area is a bit like the Karoo. The local Tandy leather shops carry Springbok skins (the buck, not the rugger). I am trying to remember the term for the skins, I though it was vellie... If I can ever be of help to anyone in SA, just message me. They have been giving the situation in CT lots of coverage on the news here as the first major city about to to run out of water. The reporter was broadcasting from the V&A. Cheers! Bob Quote
Members Alisdair Posted July 6, 2018 Members Report Posted July 6, 2018 Not a Saffer, but a Zimbo here. Totally different from our perspective (Zimbos make better biltong!), but pretty much same-same for the rest of the world! Quote
Members Handstitched Posted July 6, 2018 Members Report Posted July 6, 2018 G'Day I feel like the odd one out being from Western Australia , however, since many of you are from South Africa, my ex was from Sydenham but she also spent time in Durban in the Natal Province as a kid. One of my customers is from Kimberley, small world eh ? , her family keeps me very busy with an assortment of work, horse rug repairs , tie down strap alterations for their truck and various horse gear repairs etc. . They do a lot of cross country comps. But anyway,back on topic, welcome 'emo chair ' . So 'yah man', look forward to seeing your work HS Quote ' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus, He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '
Members Riem Posted July 6, 2018 Members Report Posted July 6, 2018 Thanks for the kind offer of assistance, Bob. Appreciate it. 9 hours ago, BDAZ said: I am trying to remember the term for the skins, I though it was vellie... Yes, the Afrikaans for skins is "velle" (singular = "vel"). And the Afrikaans for leather is "leer" which is interestingly enough the same word we use for 'learning'. My handle - Riem - can loosely be translated as "rawhide rope" although a proper riem is not made from rawhide at all. I still don't know how to translate the Afrikaans term "brei into English... KK Quote "People are more violently opposed to fur than to leather because it's safer to harass people in coats than to try being nasty to motorcycle gangs." ~Anonymous
Members BDAZ Posted July 6, 2018 Members Report Posted July 6, 2018 12 minutes ago, Riem said: Thanks for the kind offer of assistance, Bob. Appreciate it. Yes, the Afrikaans for skins is "velle" (singular = "vel"). And the Afrikaans for leather is "leer" which is interestingly enough the same word we use for 'learning'. My handle - Riem - can loosely be translated as "rawhide rope" although a proper riem is not made from rawhide at all. I still don't know how to translate the Afrikaans term "brei into English... KK I know vellie refers to veltskoen but my ex used the term velle to refer to the ubiquitous springbok skins. Am I correct or just confused. I left SA before learning Afrikaans. My ex was 1/2 Afrikaans. Bob Quote
Members Riem Posted July 6, 2018 Members Report Posted July 6, 2018 34 minutes ago, BDAZ said: I know vellie refers to veltskoen but my ex used the term velle to refer to the ubiquitous springbok skins. Am I correct or just confused. Yes, "velle" is indeed skins, but not just Springbok skin - even a bovine hide or a human skin is a 'vel', with "velle" then the plural. Comes from 17th century shipboard Dutch "vellen" if I'm not mistaken. However, a tanned and softened vel used as a blanket (usually hair on) is not just a vel - it's a "karos" or even a "velkaros"... And a springbokvel is a thing of beauty! Quote "People are more violently opposed to fur than to leather because it's safer to harass people in coats than to try being nasty to motorcycle gangs." ~Anonymous
Members Riem Posted July 6, 2018 Members Report Posted July 6, 2018 9 hours ago, Alisdair said: Zimbos make better biltong!), Joh, that's war talk! But you still get a taste of it now and then, I hope? Biltong is surely a fine food wherever it is encountered, let's just not call it jerkey... Similar but quite different. When did you leave Zim, Alisdair? I've encountered many ex-Zim people in my life. Even the tannery I use (oasistanning.co.za) was established by an ex-Zim family. Quote "People are more violently opposed to fur than to leather because it's safer to harass people in coats than to try being nasty to motorcycle gangs." ~Anonymous
Members Riem Posted July 6, 2018 Members Report Posted July 6, 2018 3 hours ago, Handstitched said: G'Day I feel like the odd one out being from Western Australia , however, since many of you are from South Africa, my ex was from Sydenham but she also spent time in Durban in the Natal Province as a kid. One of my customers is from Kimberley, small world eh ? , her family keeps me very busy with an assortment of work, horse rug repairs , tie down strap alterations for their truck and various horse gear repairs etc. . They do a lot of cross country comps. But anyway,back on topic, welcome 'emo chair ' . So 'yah man', look forward to seeing your work HS Thanks for the welcome, Handstitched. I'm Riem, not 'emo chair', although I've hijacked his intro thread to announce myself. I presume your customer is ex-Kimberley, now living in Australia? Else sending stuff all the way over there and back will be quite an expensive endeavour. I also have a brother who lives in Australia - City of Newcastle. Who knows, I may one day make the trek that way. And that 'yah man'? Another Saffer signature phrase, but the Afrikaans will be 'ja man'! The 'ja' translates as 'yes' so the phrase is then 'yes man' - but there is a depth of nuances in that phrase... Quote "People are more violently opposed to fur than to leather because it's safer to harass people in coats than to try being nasty to motorcycle gangs." ~Anonymous
Members Alisdair Posted July 6, 2018 Members Report Posted July 6, 2018 3 hours ago, Riem said: Joh, that's war talk! But you still get a taste of it now and then, I hope? Biltong is surely a fine food wherever it is encountered, let's just not call it jerkey... Similar but quite different. When did you leave Zim, Alisdair? I've encountered many ex-Zim people in my life. Even the tannery I use (oasistanning.co.za) was established by an ex-Zim family. I knew that would get a reaction! Actually, my local biltong supplier is South African who makes it right here in Switzerland. I left Zim 2nd half of the 90s to study here. There's quite a few of us around Geneva. Don't think I know the folks at oasistanning... Quote
Members clivel Posted July 6, 2018 Members Report Posted July 6, 2018 Another South African here, originally from Pretoria I moved to Cape Town after finishing varsity and then a few years later moved to Vancouver Canada where I still reside. When I was a student I had a weekend/holiday job at a tannery called Mountain View Tannery on the outskirts of Pretoria. Unfortunately at the time my mind was focused on girls not leather. My job mainly involved machinery maintenance, but looking back I wish I had taken more interest in the leather and its production as well. As for biltong, I make my own I made a biltong box a few years ago out of a plastic tote, some dowels a 25w incandescent light bulb to warm and dry the air. And a small fan - it is the air movement that dries the meat. First picture is with the lid off, the second with it filled with the marinated meat. Paper towel on the bottom catches the dripping marinade. The only problem with it is that my family eats it faster than I can make it ! And all my Canadian friends who have tried it agree, that jerky is but a poor imitation. Clive Quote
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