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Urine Tanned Salmon leather.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:01 pm
by caedmon
Ok, I know what you're thinking. But urine was historically very useful and collected specifically for purposes like this.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Urine-T ... n-Leather/
Re: Urine Tanned Salmon leather.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 6:44 pm
by Elleth
Hunh..
.. you making some?
Re: Urine Tanned Salmon leather.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:42 pm
by caedmon
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.
-Jack
Re: Urine Tanned Salmon leather.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 12:33 am
by Eric C
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.
Re: Urine Tanned Salmon leather.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 12:46 am
by Greg
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.
Re: Urine Tanned Salmon leather.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 4:40 pm
by Kortoso
It's hard to believe that salmon skin would hold up to any use. I guess it's been done, though.
Re: Urine Tanned Salmon leather.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 6:51 pm
by caedmon
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.
http://www.academia.edu/8869603/Fish_Sk ... _Cultutres
Re: Urine Tanned Salmon leather.
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:46 am
by Ringulf
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.
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)