[Regia-NA] Re: list-regia-na digest, Response to Kim Sidon
Hrolf Douglasson
list-regia-na@lig.net
Sun, 23 Mar 2003 22:49:30 -0000
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I thought that was what raw hide is this side of the world as well. =
whiteish stuff sold as dog chews
vara
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From: PADRUIGTHEUNCLE@aol.com=20
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Subject: [Regia-NA] Re: list-regia-na digest, Response to Kim Sidon
Once again, English is the language that divides us. Here in the SE =
USA, rawhide is a cow (mostly) hide that has been scraped and dehaired =
but not tanned. It is stiff as a board but can be shaped with water or =
hot oil. It comes in a variety of weights (or thicknesses) depending on =
the animal; ox being thicker that cow which is about equal to horse. =
Also the back is usually thicker than the sides or belly. If it gets =
thoroughly soaked, it can be shaped into drumheads, sandle soles, shield =
rims and coverings, and can even be made into small coffers and (if wood =
is used to frame bottom and sides) can even be made into chests. I have =
seen such a chest with a curved lid in which the front, back, and top =
were made from pieces of rawhide tacked to wooden bottom, sides, and top =
pieces. The chest was not hinged but had thin pieces attached to the =
wooden portions of the lid that extended into the bottom of the chest. =
The whole was covered with a thin coat of gesso, painted with egg =
tempera, and then sealed. It weight less that half what an all wood =
chest would have weighed. The only disadvantage I noted was that =
the owner had to keep people from sitting on the lid.=20
Pagan=20
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<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT size=3D2>Once again, =
English is=20
the language that divides us. Here in the SE USA, rawhide is a =
cow=20
(mostly) hide that has been scraped and dehaired but not tanned. =
It is=20
stiff as a board but can be shaped with water or hot oil. It =
comes in a=20
variety of weights (or thicknesses) depending on the animal; ox being =
thicker=20
that cow which is about equal to horse. Also the back is usually =
thicker=20
than the sides or belly. If it gets thoroughly soaked, it can be =
shaped=20
into drumheads, sandle soles, shield rims and coverings, and can even =
be made=20
into small coffers and (if wood is used to frame bottom and sides) can =
even be=20
made into chests. I have seen such a chest with a curved lid in =
which=20
the front, back, and top were made from pieces of rawhide tacked to =
wooden=20
bottom, sides, and top pieces. The chest was not hinged but had =
thin=20
pieces attached to the wooden portions of the lid that extended into =
the=20
bottom of the chest. The whole was covered with a thin coat of =
gesso,=20
painted with egg tempera, and then sealed. It weight less that =
half what=20
an all wood chest would have =
weighed.=20
The only disadvantage I noted was that the owner had to keep =
people from=20
sitting on the lid. <BR><BR>Pagan =
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