That's Rabbit HIDE glue :-) What I know about it is that it was a common ingridient when making gesso(gilding base) for manuscript illuminations. AŽnna T ... ...
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Thanks, Anna, that's interesting! But back to my original query, reworded: is anyone here aware of the use of rabbit hide glue as a leather-hardening agent?...
... I know I've heard of doping leather with things like resin to harden them, but I've never heard of using a glue like that to do it. Now, using for...
Never having done much with dyes, I recently moved from Fiebings spirit dye to oil dye. (And like the results a lot.) For those of you who use this: what is...
Thanks for the input gentlemen, very astute observations. I was only asking out of curiosity, though: I don't have any projects in the works that require...
... The only reference I recall is in Cennini's _The Craftsman's Handbook_ (ISBN0-486-20054-X) the chapter on making crests he says to take the size used for...
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... Yes, but at that point the leather's already been dried while packed with sand, IIRC, so the hardening's already been done. I think in that case the size...
Diego, I do small leather goods and belts at ren faires and SCA. I blind stamp and dye or stain most pieces, plus many of my belts are oily latigo or Fiebings...
... The leather in that case has been _molded_ , but not truly hardened (there is some hardening effect from each wet to dry transition, but it can be wetted...
Dear Ron, How are you. I want to ask you a personal question.Are you related to leather buiseness?I am also related to leather business and I am a Qualified...
Hello , I making Bazuband arm armor for a friend in the SCA. I boiled leather to get the shape but 20% failure rate. Has anyone soaked leather in water then...
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... On a more serious bit, this is why I keep trying to tell people not to make their shoes to their exact measurements. When you turn them inside out they...
Too funny! Reminds me of that wedding dress about a year ago - the guy told such a great story, he got twice what the thing cost new... Cheers, Colin Albion...
... Do we know this guy? Would we buy a used ... ? Vincenzo -- Martin G. Diehl http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=MGD Reality: That...
Sorry for the crossposting but there seem to be several digitalbooks of interest to the crafts community here. Anna de Byxe ... ===== "So many books, so little...
Don't know if you guys might have one, but I need a pattern for a boot. It needs to be roughly knee high, don't really care if it's flat heeled or heeled, but...
... If it's 6th century it's going to not have a heel :) Byzantine stuff is virtually impossible to find, and "turkic" is almost always protrayed as somethgin...
