No I need untanned rawhide

I just wondering about removing the fat, fur, etc.

If you buy rawhide all the good stuff is already off the hide. It just hasn't gone through the tanning process so it dries to be hard.

I'm planning to get it from my brother since he hunts anyway

Oh word, that's above my pay grade. I only kept the meat. Haha, sorry

RIP. Is fine. I've just never worked with a carcass before. I'm sure it's not that hard

These next few weeks I’m going to test how my two wool army blankets perform in 30 degree weather, then 20. Then hopefully this winter I’ll test them in the teens. @Brandon Ironside- ND

@Deleted User i made a bed roll out of some heavy duck cloth that i treated with linseed oil then lined it with 2 surplus wool blankets. Used an old sheet that i sewed down the side and bottom as a removable liner. I never got cold sub 30 degrees. Never got below 0 though.

Dude linseed oil is crazy flammable. It's spontaneously combustible.

I use almost everday.

@Deleted User You know I was thinking about comparing our sleeping set ups during the trip. You by far had the fastest setup/packup sleeping system and lightest overall so heres my thoughts.

Note: On Saturday near the river it dropped down to high 30’s and low 40s at night according to an online weather archive search.

USGI MSS Patrol bag (mine)- Weight 2.3 Ibs – rated to 30 – 50 degrees. Dressed in full clothes and in a grid fleece pullover that was the most I would push it with that bag and honestly would have appreciated an additional fleece blanket.
USGI Wool Blanket (Yours)- Weight 3.5-4 ibs (best I could find googling) – seemed like you were pretty comfortable in full clothes also.

Thoughts: It will be interesting to see how far the blanket will go with the tests. Once there is complete weight/temperature ratio for the wool blanket we can compare them better.

Additional note: we both had ridgerest sleeping pads and my “tent” was really just a bugnet that didn’t provide weather protection.

@Deleted User Could you explain the linseed oil/duck cloth part, is that for waterproofing, do you also add wax?
@RevStench From my understanding linseed oil can be flammable depending on the medium it is applied for example on a cotton cloth it can catch fire, but it is used all the time on wood stocks of firearms(which heat up) and is fine, though thats just my impression.

Oh ok, I honestly should know that haha. Guess that explains why I've had rags catch fire and never the wood.😆

http://goneoutdoors.com/waterproof-canvases-linseed-oil-8752102.html

@Brandon Ironside- ND

Just something my grandpa taught me for making tarps. I may have just been lucky all these years not burning alive.

You're good, I had to look it up. Here from Wikipedia, I know great source haha "Rags soaked with linseed oil stored in a pile are considered a fire hazard because they provide a large surface area for oxidation of the oil, and the oil oxidises quickly. The oxidation of linseed oil is an exothermicreaction, which accelerates as the temperature of the rags increases. When heat accumulation exceeds the rate of heat dissipation into the environment, the temperature increases and may eventually become hot enough to make the ragsspontaneously combust"

@RevStench all i read there was something about you needing to be hit with a rock for being a big brain ni🇧 🇧 a

@Brandon Ironside- ND looking at 38 degrees tonight. Gonna sleep out,

By the way, hiking with a dog is actually a great way to stay warm on cold nights if you use blankets. Feed em well and they’re like furry blast furnaces.

@Deleted User Reminds me of when i was young and riding in the car with my father, a song came on and he told me the band was "three dog night" Then procceded to explain three dog night was an indian term used to describe a night that was really cold and they would bing 3 dogs in the teepee to help with them for warmth.

But anyways good luck, let me know how it turns out

Well, we’ll see how loyal my dogs are. We have a dog door, so we’ll find out whether they choose me or the nice warm house. I’m wearing sweat pants, a sweatshirt, and wool socks.

@Deleted User Stay warm, you maniac

Went well. Very warm. No puppies. Treacherous bastards.

@Deleted User hey I have a question for you too 😆
That blanket you used the other night outside, where did you get it? I live in a 118 year old refrigerator during the winter months.

https://www.armynavysales.com/camping/blankets.html

XL

Thank you

get two

Ok, I will.

This here’s a piece of poplar. Gonna try and make a fire bow today.

Tried last night using a pine drill. No luck. Going for hardwood today

So...off to the rainy forest for:
1 hardwood drill

@Deleted User I would try moving the hole right next to the side of the board, to scrape the ember pile that long of a distance will likely be challenging, here's a quick diagram, keep us updated!

Thanks. You think a hardwood drill will be better?

Gonna use a sapling for the bow

Need a socket too

quick google search: Your first step is to find the best wood for your spindle and your fireboard. Generally, you should make these two parts of your set from the same type of wood (if for some reason this is not possible, make sure that the spindle is a harder wood than the fireboard). Good choices for your spindle and fireboard are:
Red Elm (Slippery Elm)
Cedar - one of the best choices
Basswood
Walnut
Blue Beech
Cottonwood
Yucca - one of the best choices
Cypress
Tamarack
For your thunderhead you'll want to use a pine or hemlock knot. The trick is to get a piece of wood from the fir family that has a lot of resin that will help lubricate the thunderhead.

Isn’t poplar good too?

For fireboard I mean