RE: MtMan-List: brain tan pants

["Mill, Kirk" <millk@aydin.com>]

Mr. Crooks wrote an article on just that in the April97 issue of
Muzzleblasts. 
 
Kirk Mill

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Roger Lahti [SMTP:lahtirog@gte.net]
	Sent:	Thursday, July 30, 1998 1:42 PM
	To:	hist_text@lists.xmission.com
	Subject:	Re: MtMan-List: brain tan pants


	My friend Tom Crooks worked out a system for doing this using a
power sander and the resultant product is "almost like brain tan". I am
going to visit him this weekend and I will refresh my memory on the
particulars of his technique and pass it on to those that wish to use it. 

	YMOS 
	Capt. Lahti' 

	MIA3WOLVES@aol.com wrote: 

		I concur that a well done brain tan is the best for making
pants, etc. 
		However, it is VERY expensive if you are not tanning it
yourself.  I use it in 
		my quillwork but I have found a good alternative for my
native american 
		dresses.  I purchase pure white deer hides and make the
garment with the rough 
		side out.  After that I soak it in a solution of tea and
coffee.  This gives 
		it the color of a very tan creamy brain tan.  The buckskin
is, also, very 
		soft. Actually  it as soft as some of the  poorly done brain
tan that I have 
		felt.  I can do a dress for around $100.  Pants would
probably run less.  Most 
		folks comment on how pretty the brain tan dress looks. 

		Red Hawk 

		MIA3WOLVES@AOL.COM