Try Mike Rider at:208-265-4862, 290 Gold Creek Rd., Sandpoint ID.83864. He tans deer and sells commercially. His hides are second to none! I remain...
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Capt. Lahti'
Jerrys wrote:
> Where can I purchase commercial brain tanned deer and or elk hides at a reasonable price ?
> also I am still looking for the definition of the term " pinchon ",the word was used in relation with fox in an artical by Gary Lantz.iin the outdoor oklahoma march/april 1997 "
> His source was Pioneer days in the early southwest by Grant Forman . Forman took the term from the records of the CHOUTEAUS shipping furs and hides from eastern Oklahoma in the late 17 ,earley 1800s........thanks Jerry
I buy 'em frozen by the 20lb case from the butcher at the Safeway. He
has to special order them, takes about a week. $12.20 per case from
IBP.
Jon Bollin AMM #1639
Terry Landis wrote:
> ok real quick like, if you brain tan with cow brains can you freeze
> them before use? also how long will a tan sol. keep? Terry Landis
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Terry,
<BR>Real quick answer, YES!
<BR>I buy 'em frozen by the 20lb case from the butcher at the Safeway.
He has to special order them, takes about a week. $12.20 per case
from IBP.
<BR>Jon Bollin AMM #1639
<P>Terry Landis wrote:
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Yes, melt your wax in a metal container, but put it in a larger pan of boiling water, so you don't set fire to your kitchen. Keep a fire extinguisher
handy too. I wouldn't use an open flame for a heat source either (being a science geek I used an electric lab hotplate with a solid metal top). My hot
water heater made water hot enough to melt the wax I needed to clean up from pots and filter funnels.
When I melted about a hundred pounds of bees wax for my former wife's craft business (casting Christmas ornaments in chocolate candy molds) I skimmed it
off the water, but also had to filter it. Get a big funnel and find an old cotton sheet at a garage sale or in your own linen closet. Tear squares
twice as wide as the funnel, fold the square into quarters and open up one of the pockets that makes, placing the folded filter cloth in the funnel.
Pour your skimmed wax through the fabric filter, and when the fabric clogs with debris put in another fresh filter and squeeze the liquid wax out of the
first into the second (best you can, as you have to use tongs to handle the hot filter). I used two filter funnels to make changing easier.
Set the used filters aside, as they make WONDERFUL fire starters, cut to any size you like. As a fire starter they are waterproof and will burn like a
candle with a large wick, perfect for wet conditions like we have here on the upper left coast. I also used paper towels, but with cotton sheet fabric
at least the materials and techniques are suitable for primitive camping. I have no historical references for actual use of this as a firestarting aide,
but I haven't looked for one either.
Your skimmed and filtered wax should be a nice consistant color and visibly free of debris. It would make dandy candles as is (dipped or cast), or
mixed with some suitable solvent / oil, a nice patch lube or wood/leather finish (recall recent postings about waterproofing canvas tenting materials).
You might want to soak the soles of your moc's in melted wax to extend their use in damp conditions, and I have seen references (in Modern camping books)
to waxing the exposed parts of cotton (or leather) clothing to render it rainproof. We all recall the recent conversations here about waxing the inside
of gourds.
Dennis Fisher wrote:
> L. A. Romsa wrote:
>
> > I about to get some bees wax from a bee keeper. I've looked everywhere and this is all I could find. He says its in a bucket. How do I clean this?
> >
>
> I would put it in a coffee can or just leave it in the bucket, if its metal, and heat it up until the wax melts. You can skim off all the impurities
> that float to the top don't worry about the heavier stuff that settles to the bottom. After skimming off the floating debris, gently pour off the
> pure bees wax into a mold or some other container.
