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I feel that I'm getting close to being able to start a friction fire. This time I got plenty of smoke, but my string broke before I got a stable ember.
The irony is that I used a synthetic string for the bow because I'm trying to do this on "easy mode", but I'm pretty sure one of my own hand twisted strings would have held up better.
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CW: Images of tanning animal parts
Apparently the dog treats are taking longer to tan than expected. I cut off a corner and it still clearly needs the tannins to work into the middle m.
Time to cut and boil some more bark, I guess. If I have the energy I'll scrape them a bit more to work out some moisture and clean the flesh side a bit better, so they'll suck up the fresh tanning solution more easily.
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CW: Images of tanning animal parts
Anyway, I now have a small container of square rawhide dog treats that I'm doing a test-tan with. I've put tanning material between the layers in addition to the liquor.
The sides of this container are transparent, but I've managed to get the tanning liquor strong enough that you can't really see through it.
I'll go through the whole process more later, but for now I'm cautiously optimistic. It'll be a while before we see if this works.
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Basketing on public transport continues!
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Progress on the #basket I'm making on public transport. This is the base, and once I'm sure it's large enough to fit a sandwich, I'll start adding sides at right angles to it.
This piece is a little special because I'm doing it entirely without tools (except for the little bamboo fibre holder you can see). The ends of my dried yucca leaves are tough enough to act as their own needless.
Yucca wraps, with yucca and palm fill.
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Here's my most time-consuming coil #basket. Made from yucca fibre, with one continuous piece of two-ply twist string. It's extremely tough and hardy.
Added the handle later (yucca string and a small piece of bone), with some help from my #BasketWeaving assistant.