Source for Basil (sheep)
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Dionys,
I tried a Yahoo search and found one occurance of basil tanned leather for pipes.
http://www.hewit.com/news98.htm
It's primary use seems to be in bookbinding.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt0247.html
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt2891.html
http://www.kingsmerecrafts.btinternet.co.uk/page18.html
one website referred to it as: Soft-tanned sheepskin; low quality leather.
some basic hide tanning instructions:
http://www.homestead.org/tanning.htm
I tried a Yahoo search and found one occurance of basil tanned leather for pipes.
http://www.hewit.com/news98.htm
It's primary use seems to be in bookbinding.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt0247.html
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt2891.html
http://www.kingsmerecrafts.btinternet.co.uk/page18.html
one website referred to it as: Soft-tanned sheepskin; low quality leather.
some basic hide tanning instructions:
http://www.homestead.org/tanning.htm
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Brendan,
Try Michael Mac Harg, 'The Wee Piper' for Elk Uilleann bags. http://www.vermontel.com/~theweepiper/
Try Michael Mac Harg, 'The Wee Piper' for Elk Uilleann bags. http://www.vermontel.com/~theweepiper/
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Not true. My L&M bag is untreated. UP leather bags do not normally need to be treated, as they are not typically exposed to moisture as GHB bags are. This seems to freak GHB players out totally, and they will squawk, but think about it, there is no one breathing or salivating into a blowpipe, just the bellows supplying the bag.
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IIRC, I don't think that L&M uses sheep skin for their bags but they use the domesticated bovine skin (cow) tanned with the tanning method that makes it air proof (chrome-elk-whatever).
Q. What's a baseball covered with?
A. Hide.
Q. Huh?
A. Hide, hide, you know, the cow's outside!
Q. Why should I hide? I'm not afraid of cows!
Q. What's a baseball covered with?
A. Hide.
Q. Huh?
A. Hide, hide, you know, the cow's outside!
Q. Why should I hide? I'm not afraid of cows!
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Ah yes, I'm an old time radio fan reliving my youth and hearing tales I have forgotten. I remember him well.
I should have done a Google search before I posted about L&M bags. It seems they offer both.
I should have done a Google search before I posted about L&M bags. It seems they offer both.
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djm wrote:Not true. UP leather bags do not normally need to be treated, as they are not typically exposed to moisture as GHB bags are. This seems to freak GHB players out totally, and they will squawk, but think about it, there is no one breathing or salivating into a blowpipe, just the bellows supplying the bag.
djm
djm your not true is not true.leather bags after a period o time will nead to be seasoned,even yours!!leather being fibrous will stretch and give and ye will be surprised how much easier it will be after seasoning.You will only have to do it every 4 or 5years but do it ye certainly will .
Slan go foill
Liam
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The bag I made myself in 1989 from elk-tanned cowhide (using MacHarg's rivet method) is still perfectly airtight after regular playing for 14 years and has never seen any sealing goop. The leather may stretch over the years but that does not, in itself, open the pores any.
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yer friend and mine,
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Uilliam, I sure hope not. I know people with bags and bellows 10-15 years that have never had to treat them. Joe Kennedy tells me he does not treat any of his own stuff, nor any of his customers.
This may be very much a matter of one's local environment. I don't claim to be any kind of expert. Just my own experience and those I have talked to here.
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This may be very much a matter of one's local environment. I don't claim to be any kind of expert. Just my own experience and those I have talked to here.
djm
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I have seen a number of MacHarg bags last over 15 years with no need for treatment. Leather from across the pond seems usually to be of poorer quality (ducking slings and arrows). Basil is porous and requires the melted beeswax and lard treatment to seal it. As UPs do not require a treatment to wick out moisture from mouth blowing, use of GHB treatments are not advised, and in fact can be detrimental.
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Leakage from an L&M ELK-tanned bag with a good seam or any other well-made ELK-tanned bag like MacHarg's is more likely from tying the seam over a stock and not quite getting a perfect mate with the lumpy seam. Likewise, sewn seams are by nature sources of possible leaks.liestman wrote:The bag I made myself in 1989 from elk-tanned cowhide (using MacHarg's rivet method) is still perfectly airtight after regular playing for 14 years and has never seen any sealing goop. The leather may stretch over the years but that does not, in itself, open the pores any.
John Liestman
You can do a simple test though: cork off the stocks tightly with rubber stoppers. And I mean tightly. Inflate through the blowpipe as hard as you can by mouth. (You may need a final cork in the blowpipe end) Come back in an hour or so and see if it's still rock-hard.
If not, you're leaking.
Royce