Making Rawhide Start to Finish | LIFE IN THE 1700'S | USES OF RAWHIDE | 

The drum has great volume and must be able to be heard from a good distance away. Merry Christmas to you and all your subscribers.

Fred is going to become a RU-vid star. What a character He/she is. And a good hunter getting a nice snack. Fred is watching over you Great video. Hide glue. Some of my Martin guitars are made with hide glue as they were done back in old times. Thanks for sharing and keep the Fred videos coming.

you forgot to mention the repair of the wrist of gunstocks. it was the duct tape of the mountain man.

I'm liking these processing videos. Never hunted before, but I can sew a complete outfit by hand.

O that. Fred is just adorable. Loved the lesson.

Thanks for taking us through the process, i learn something from every video! I would say that Fred definitely has himself a good spot. Merry Christmas!

It's good to see younger folks wanting to learn skills that are useful.great job . Mine the fort, merry Christmas, God bless.

Very interesting process, I often wondered how they made rawhide. Thank you.

What a great story about your drum. Thank you.

I back my bows with rawhide and hide glue. I have a couple that I have painted with traditional Cherokee patterns. Paint applied directly to the wood doesn't last long, but it holds up really well on the rawhide. I have heard that some people would coat them with melted beeswax and pine resin to waterproof it and keep the paint from flaking. Also, I weave my quivers from wood splits and then cover them with rawhide and decorate them with a similar pattern as the bow. I have several bowstrings that were made from squirrel rawhide. Normally I use four strands about an 1/8th to 3/16 wide stretched and twisted individually and then twisted together. I hang them with a weight on them to keep them stretched and let the dry for a couple of days. They are unbelievably strong unless they get wet. I normally rub mine with beeswax to waterproof them.

Every time I watch one of your videos, it's over much too soon. This has been some wonderful instruction, and I've not been out to hunt deer at all this year because I'm lazy lol I look forward to your next installment. Thank you for what you and your dear wife do for us all.

Fascinating subject as usual, wishing you and Cathy a very Happy Christmas...🎄

I subscribed from a random video I’d not watched yet. Just checked out a few videos. Enjoying the time and teaching very much so I downloaded basically your whole channel to watch back at the cabin in the holler. Great job and I’m happy I found the channel.🙏🏻

pretty amazing what our ancestors did to make clothing with what was available, great video as usual, Happy Holidays to you and your wife.

Excellent video! Especially the recipe at the end! I see a learning center in your future! Thank you! Merry Christmas yo you and your family!

Merry Christmas ( Boone ) aka Peter Kelly

Glad Fred got a snack!!

Thank you for sharing some very interesting information. Merry Christmas!

another great vid. Say hi to Fred for us in Va.

WHAT a LOT of work 4 clothing, drums etc. SURE must make one appreciate his goods after the labor is done an' also make a man/woman cry if something gets lost or ruined (my take anyway). I thoroughly enjoyed learning the 'hows' behind the items made. Wuz a time people opted 4 'store bought' gifts...but when U C the kind of effort an' beauty of these items...YIKES! Just no comparison. Lovely family of visitors in this vid and I thank dear Empress Catherine 4 her fine eye and hand at filming. Luved seeing the outfit of Madison...truly a sharply dressed young man. And doesn't Fred know how 2 scoop up a frog from 'his' pond? He even seemed 2 'hop about' on the log after his catch (LOL)! I particularly liked your 'wee bit' on the drum and it's 'initiation rite'. I wonder if this is where the term; 'pulsating beat' comes from? And here is Peter's secret..."There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward." (Khalil Gibran.) Thank you 4 sharing dear ones...health and blessings and a very Merry Christmas! :)

It is always a wonderful Episode. Thank you. Also merry Christmas and a Happy new year from Germany

As always, a fascinating, educational video ,thank you. Merry Christmas and happy holidays.

Great as usual. Learned some things there. The egg with the wood ash solution I will recall for rest of my life.

I love that owl !!

Good afternoon from Syracuse NY United States and Merry Christmas and A boxer day and a Happy New Year everyone

Another awesome video, you impart a grand amount of wisdom in a short period of time. Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and your family. How about a 1700's Christmas video.

So very interesting, I was in the process of learning how to make Rawhide before my health got in the way, I wanted to use it for Roping Saddles and lacing.

Another excellent video. Thanks for keeping these skills alive and sharing them with us.

Nice to see Fred again. Thx for doing this, filming it and sharing it with us. 👍👍👍👍👍

Appreciate your efforts and dedication. Merry Christmas and may next year be as prosperous as this year has been. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!

Very good video! You explained a couple of steps better than any other information source that I’ve seen. Thank you! Have a great Christmas!😃

Thanks Mr. Peter. That was the first time I've seen the process of creating rawhide and it was very interesting. Happy Holidays to you and Ms. Cathy, and Fred.

So cool learn alot

Well done, and happy holidays at Kelly’s Station! Thank you

Amazing experience for a kid, those are some good parents right there. Love the series Peter, excellent work in education.

Great video thank you for sharing looking forward to seeing the next video love and blessings Larry June and Laurie

Good that you have some winter meat Peter .. Its a good feeling knowing you provided your own meat and not have to eat Bologna ! I just finished making rawhide as well, that will be made into buckskin. I use the tail hair to make streamer flies, and flank hair for dry flies. Hope all is well.

Thanks Peter Merry Christmas Pax vobiscum Frank

Thank you for another excellent tutorial, Peter. I did a deer hide a long time ago. You make it look easy. Will be looking forward to more work on the fort next year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Cathy!!

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Happy Holidays Peter and Cathy!

Nice video Peter, I enjoyed watching it👍.

Fred is becoming quite tame! Just hope he doesn't start leaving you "presents" from his hunting trips like a cat will! Rawhide will be the way to go for me! I should be able to handle that by myself pretty easily... I hope! Thank you for teaching us how and sharing your vast knowledge!

Subscribed today thank you for the lessons and really enjoyed your show very entertaining and interesting

Fred gets fed!

Merry Christmas Peter and family

Your videos should be an hour long, love the lesson on how to make rawhide. Keep your powder dry. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family. May you all be blessed with good health and happiness

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Though the streams are swollen keep them dogies rollin, rawhide. Through rain and wind and weather Hell-bent for leather Wishin' my gal was by my side. All things I'm missin' Good vittles, love and kissin' Are waiting at the end of my ride ... rawhide

Those snowshoes have some fine babiche lacing. I wore a pair with that and they were nicer than the modern thick lacing. Of course they make canoe seats but you can make a chair the same way. You can also stretch the rawhide and paint it. You can varnish over it to make it last. Yes varnish is old, the Egyptians were well known users of it.

Howdy Peter Interesting ... a lot of work .. little problem mixing the white with water .... did not use 17th century white ash ! LOL Do the birds take the fur off the ground for there nests ? Great to see Fred still around Have a good holidays , another year of great videos . Thanks

and banjo heads... i've made 2 of them, one from groundhog hide and one from deerhide. lots of possibilities. i have a cup-sized jar with a lid that i got when i lived in Burkina Faso, made by stretching/forming the rawhide while still wet.

So, Peter, we're able to take a deer with the "Woodsrunner"?

Did the native Americans make bow strings with raw hide

Hi Fred!

Is that a tricone, or its predecessor? Hopefully there’s a vid on making that. It seems to stick out less in the front then ones ive seen.

If there were more lovely gals like Kim involved in in re-enacting, there’d be a lot more guys into it also…..though if you keep working them so hard, they may just run away 😀 The soaking, with it tied that way, would leave the bunched up section less soaked. Wouldn’t it be better to put a small hole in the corner, and tie it there?

GOD JUL!!

Does anyone do deer with hair on for anything?

Why do you have to remove the grain for rawhide? I just made some and left the grain on it so am curious why thats not good.

I love how the owl has his own restaurant right there. Great experience for your guest family. Thank you for bringing us along on your adventures .Have a great Christmas and an awesome new year. Thx

You cant buy it anymore but you used to buy Red Devil lye at many places. A plastic trash can filled with water and lye used to be the solution for slipping the hair that i used to use. Ever use it?