12-07-2011, 09:12 PM
Chalk dust rubbed into light leather?
Urine was/is used by Amerindians to help make the hair come off deerskins, etc. One technique is urine mixed with wood ashes, applied to the hair side, and the skin rolled up to "cure". I reckon they rinsed it before they softened the hide (often by chewing the leather). I've done some leather tanning. It's the most stinkin' wretched nasty work I've ever done. All past tense now.
Urine was/is used by Amerindians to help make the hair come off deerskins, etc. One technique is urine mixed with wood ashes, applied to the hair side, and the skin rolled up to "cure". I reckon they rinsed it before they softened the hide (often by chewing the leather). I've done some leather tanning. It's the most stinkin' wretched nasty work I've ever done. All past tense now.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
