Buckskin is the soft, pliable, porous preserved hide of an animal – usually deer – tanned in the same way as deerskin clothing worn by Native Americans. Some leather sold as "buckskin" may now be sheepskin tanned with modern chromate tanning chemicals and dyed to resemble real buckskin.
Traditionally, Native American Indians would scrape away the excessive fat clinging to the hide, and this would be followed by working the raw hide with the brain tissue of an animal.[1] Afterwards, the raw hide is made to envelope a fire that emits wood smoke, and where the smoke is mostly trapped inside the raw hide for many hours.[1] The combined application of brain tissue and smoke produces soft and pliable buckskin leather, with a dark honey color. This treatment differs from the traditional tanning methods used in other societies and cultures and is thought to be preferable to vegetable tanning methods where tannins are exclusively used.[1] The finished product resembles chamois leather, but is stronger.[1] Smoking gives to the leather its durability, and although Buckskin may become slightly stiff when it dries after being wet, it quickly restores itself to its former soft-state by rubbing it with the hands.[1] The application of wood smoke also deters insects from devouring it. Unsmoked buckskin is lighter, even white, in color.
Shirt for Chief's War Dress, 19th century, Sioux, Brooklyn Museum
Notesedit
^ abcdeKephart, H. (1957). Camping and Woodcraft; A Handbook for Vacation Campers and for Travelers in the Wilderness. Vol. 2 (18 ed.). New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 309. ISBN9781149752364. OCLC 2191524.
Further readingedit
Richards, Matt (2004). Deerskins into Buckskins: How to Tan with Brains, Soap or Eggs (2 ed.). Cave Junction, Oregon: Backcountry Publishing. ISBN0965867242.
External linksedit
Brain tanning, Leather Dictionary
February 13, 2024
buckskin, leather, deerskin, redirects, here, novel, deerskin, novel, film, deerskin, film, buckskin, soft, pliable, porous, preserved, hide, animal, usually, deer, tanned, same, deerskin, clothing, worn, native, americans, some, leather, sold, buckskin, sheep. Deerskin redirects here For the novel see Deerskin novel For the film see Deerskin film Buckskin is the soft pliable porous preserved hide of an animal usually deer tanned in the same way as deerskin clothing worn by Native Americans Some leather sold as buckskin may now be sheepskin tanned with modern chromate tanning chemicals and dyed to resemble real buckskin A deer skin at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow ScotlandTraditionally Native American Indians would scrape away the excessive fat clinging to the hide and this would be followed by working the raw hide with the brain tissue of an animal 1 Afterwards the raw hide is made to envelope a fire that emits wood smoke and where the smoke is mostly trapped inside the raw hide for many hours 1 The combined application of brain tissue and smoke produces soft and pliable buckskin leather with a dark honey color This treatment differs from the traditional tanning methods used in other societies and cultures and is thought to be preferable to vegetable tanning methods where tannins are exclusively used 1 The finished product resembles chamois leather but is stronger 1 Smoking gives to the leather its durability and although Buckskin may become slightly stiff when it dries after being wet it quickly restores itself to its former soft state by rubbing it with the hands 1 The application of wood smoke also deters insects from devouring it Unsmoked buckskin is lighter even white in color Clothing made of buckskin is referred to as buckskins Shirt for Chief s War Dress 19th century Sioux Brooklyn MuseumNotes edit a b c d e Kephart H 1957 Camping and Woodcraft A Handbook for Vacation Campers and for Travelers in the Wilderness Vol 2 18 ed New York The Macmillan Company p 309 ISBN 9781149752364 OCLC 2191524 Further reading editRichards Matt 2004 Deerskins into Buckskins How to Tan with Brains Soap or Eggs 2 ed Cave Junction Oregon Backcountry Publishing ISBN 0965867242 External links editBrain tanning Leather Dictionary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Buckskin leather amp oldid 1169443649, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
