Bark tan goats
I've just finished batch-tanning 14 goat skins. Five were tanned dark to nearly black and nine were kept at a nice brown colour. They've come out quite soft and very tough as usual. The skins are...
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Wow, nice skins. You've become a regular barktannamaniac eh, lol well. I'd be proud of all the lovely different colored skins. Nice!
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Thanks as always Braintanner! I must confess I love bark tanning. It's wonderful having leather to work with. I think I'm getting it to a reasonable standard now, but still have the odd stiff bit or...
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Hey Captain, you said, "All are tanned with extracts from the same species of Eucalyptus tree."Are these extracts that you prepared yourself or did you purchase the tannin extracts somewhere?Nice work.
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so what are you making out of all those goat skins? the skins look rippelee...is there any way to get them to be moreflat and smooth looking??? Like maybe putting thme in a frame and oiling them in...
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YTBM, the species is Eucalyptus botryoides x saligna. It is a big tree that has smooth, white upper limbs and rough fibrous lower bark. There is a poor quality picture in a recent thread of mine "A...
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