Frank, check out the liner classifieds in Muzzle Loader magazine...... Oliver McCloskey out of Cedar City Utah. I've bought his hides, they are about as cheap as you can find. They aren't as fine as you might find, but for the price they are a bargain. Yfab, Randy
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Looking for a good reliabe source of braintan hides. Wes Housler is busy with buff. robes . Also looking to see if anyone has made any shirts , breeches, leggins or pants out of antelope brain tan. From what I have read it is a durable lightweight hide to use.....your thoughts....I have read accounts where antelope was used.
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Frank, check out the liner classifieds in Muzzle Loader magazine...... Oliver McCloskey out of Cedar City Utah. I've bought his hides, they are about as cheap as you can find. They aren't as fine as you might find, but for the price they are a bargain. Yfab, Randy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Hello list,<BR>Looking for a good reliabe source of braintan hides. Wes Housler is busy with buff. robes . Also looking to see if anyone has made any shirts , breeches, leggins or pants out of antelope brain tan. From what I have read it is a durable lightweight hide to use.....your thoughts....I have read accounts where antelope was used.<BR><BR>Frank Sablan<BR>Midland,Texas</FONT> </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:58:04 EDT
From: GazeingCyot@cs.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Source of Braintan
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Frank
As for antelope they are offal thin and smaller to work with. I think they
would be good to use for an under shirt or something like that. I've tanned a
few but have only used them for bags and small projects. I always thought of
them as being to thin for cloths.
They might be cooler to ware in real hot weather but again I do not think
they would hold up to much hard use.
For hides Like Randy said Oliver McCloskey is a good one to get a hold of and
it is hard to bet his prices.
If ya don't mind paying a little more and getting some finer hides get a hold
of Jean Heinbuch at box 444 Clark Fork, Id 83811. Jean and Ron put out some
fine hides they may cost a little more then Oliver's but their hides are worth
it.
Ether way you won't go wrong for Brain Tan is the only way to go in my book.
