Urine Tanned Salmon leather.

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Urine Tanned Salmon leather.

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Ok, I know what you're thinking. But urine was historically very useful and collected specifically for purposes like this.

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Hunh..

.. you making some? :)
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Elleth wrote:Hunh..

.. you making some? :)

Not this year. Not going dip netting because we took to many last year, and I doubt tanning previously frozen skin is good.

But I set the link as a placeholder for a reason.

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I'm under the understanding that urine can be used to put a patina on steel too. I haven't tried it. My customers can vouch for that - their blades didn't have a patina when they got them. :mrgreen:
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An undisclosed source I've read mentions flintlock barrels, before being fit to the gunstock, being heated to a dull red and repeatedly quenched in cow urine to brown the steel.
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It's hard to believe that salmon skin would hold up to any use. I guess it's been done, though.
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Kortoso wrote:It's hard to believe that salmon skin would hold up to any use. I guess it's been done, though.
It was a fairly traditional textile material here in Alaska. What little I have read suggests that salmon leather is comparable in strength to sheepskin. It is waterproof, windproof, and light weight.

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Eric C wrote:I'm under the understanding that urine can be used to put a patina on steel too. I haven't tried it. My customers can vouch for that - their blades didn't have a patina when they got them. :mrgreen:
Do you remember when they scaffolded and re-sheathed the Statue of liberty? The crew that was working on the face would work 8-10 hour shifts without coming down and they got the bright idea that when they needed to pee they would just let go between the scaffold and the ladies cheek. When the scaffold was removed the telltale tears the lady was crying was brought to light. Yes Urine will do a fine job for patina, a couple of brewsky induced streams will work even better.
(BTW the sheathing was not steel but the same applies for many metals)
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