So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Friday, September 7, 2012

Rawhide Industry Secrets For Beginners

By Ethan O. Tanner


Rawhide dates back towards the early Americans. raw-hide uses consist of shields, furniture, drum heads, lamp shades, lace, wraps, plus much more. raw-hide is very firm given it is not tanned; it's merely the hair removed as well as cured. Saturate it in normal water for molding, cutting and shaping. It dries, stiffens and keeps its shape.

Raw hide is generally and wrongly known as leather. Raw hide has been used in various functions for thousands of years. Raw hide is made by scraping the skin thin, soaking it in lime, and then stretching it whiles it dries. Raw hide is firmer and much more brittle than other kinds of leather, and is primarily associated with uses such as drum heads or north western home furnishings where it doesn't have to bend significantly. It's also cut up into strips for use in lacing or stitching, or to create many assortments of puppy chews or bones.

Raw hide was built to make par fleches (envelope-like containers), moccasin soles and ropes. Raw hide is what you frequently see on Native American drums, par fleches, etc. Raw hide is animal hide that steadily been dried out (by salting). Raw hide is needed in making everything from clothing and personnel items to building components, furniture, and tools.

Rawhide is the unpurified hide of an animal that remains in its normal state. Numerous companies use raw-hide for making low-friction, high-impact, smooth face hammers, mallets, These raw-hide mallets are good for tooling and stamping oak craft leather. Prepared raw-hide can be bought at some big craft stores, saddlery stores or leather suppliers such as Leather Unlimited. Prepared raw-hide may include raw-hide goatskin, raw-hide pigskin, raw-hide drum covers, raw-hide lace, and many additional products.

Prepared raw hide may include raw hide goatskin, raw hide pigskin, raw hide drum covers, raw hide lace, and many extra products. Making your own rawhide is much simpler than tanning a hide for your novice, and is absolutely affordable. Once this is done, turning a raw skin into raw hide is a reasonably simple process. If you want to save it for later use, once the raw hide is dry, roll it gently and tie with a lace for storage.

Consequently, if you soak a piece of raw hide, then something comes up and you are not ready to use it when you planned, you can keep it hydrated for a couple of days and it will not hurt it since you change the water at least once a day, depending on the temperature. raw hide is really just skin that has been dehaired, and it has many varied uses.

Hence, the opportunities to focus on such crafts as drums, rawhide making, tanning, cradles, moccasins and many other unique primitive technologies are great craft projects. First and foremost, it must be converted to "raw-hide". Once tanned, the raw hide achieves the soft substance of leather that we are familiar with. Dog chew toys are a good source of hide if you don't need large pieces. Why do you think we call it "raw-hide". Rawhide is "raw" because it has not been tanned. Most of the leather we use today is tanned leather, but it is still used to make many products even though it is not technically tanned.




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