Why is that happening?????? I mean... it is cool how good my spanish is but.... WHY RUclips???? Edit: We will have this fixed in 45 min. Either by reuploading this with it specifically or figuring it out.
I’m the owner of Eastwind Castle. A medieval village and lower South Carolina. We have a living medieval Society and this is a perfect craft to add to our projects for both village enhancement and individual artistic growth. I appreciate it and will be creating a class for my guys for January.
The pasta roller was so unexpected but also exactly on brand for this channel, I love it. Video Idea: artificer's goggles with several different movable lenses?
As a member of both the bushcraft community and the anacronistic medieval fantasy community, I'm always fascinated at how the finer details of people's kit vary based on the vibe/ character they're going for. Over the years, I've watched you create a number of different characters. I'd love to see you different styles and versions of the same concept, designed for different characters. For example, a fire-starting kit, a first-aid kit, a mess kit, an EDC pouch, etc. Only, multiple versions of each, personalized to each character.
Chopping up raw hide and boiling it down is how traditional hide glue is made. Lots of wood workers still use it. You have to keep it hot while you use it.
my favorite thing about this video is when you showed ways to stretch the rawhide, without brute strength. Living with long covid/chronic fatigue syndrome makes me very aware how much "strength" is a barrier to "basic competence." utilizing tools to reduce barriers is a HUGE win.
Fun fact, you can also use rawhide dog bones as a source of raw hide to back a bow. When making a bow, you need a backing material (if your desired draw weight is above 30lbs with a flat spine) so that the wood doesn't split out. You need the belly of the bow to have good compression, but the back of the bow (the part that faces away from you) needs to be good under tension. The raw hide improves the tension side of the equation, and can allow for draw weights upwards of 80-110lbs. Higher than 100lbs usually needs a round bow profile tho. Fun fact over.
If the bow isn't a self bow, then yes, but there are also plenty of self bows where no backing is needed at all. It's all dependent on the wood and style, with several of both flat or rounded profiles both being able to acheive high draws if constructed well. The most famous being English longbows of yew where the heart wood is great at compression and the sapwood has great tension, letting a properly tillered bow to be in the 180+ lbs draw weight. Rawhide can increase poundage and speed a bit but is more useful as a binder of sorts. As you've mentioned on keeping the back from splitting where it more acts as a bind to a less desirable piece of wood to give it a better chance at not snapping, or if you make some kind of damage in the back when tillering then it can patch it up and keep the wood fibers down. You can see the same effect with cloths like linen as an example. Sinew is used much more for increasing the speed and power of bows dramatically, giving short plains bows used by indigenous peoples, the poundage, and speed to shoot arrows clear through bison. Or even other woods as backing like bamboo or certain maples. Edit as an example for the self bow over 30lbs, I have an ash longbow pulling just under 70lbs with no backing and a flat back. Instead it has almost the reverse treatment of sorts where the belly is heat tempered to help keep it from having more set when unstrung and increase it's speed a bit. But isn't necessary for it to be functional just a personal choice for added performance.
@@WolfStar08 The most powerful self bows are usually MUCH thicker than a standard composite or backed bow. You are also relying on perfect wood grain, and those bows tend to lose A LOT of power when left strung for extended periods, which is less of an issue with the other two types. Powerful self bows are also not usually called "flat bows", like the type I specifically mentioned. High power self bows have either got a round or half round cross-section, whereas a flat bow would have a distil taper, but is for the most part flat on both sides of the stave.
Personally, I like when you bounce around different skills, styles and kinds of projects, a little bit of everything. I find it helps me see skills I want to learn in a new light (no pun intended based on this video's subject), and how accessible things can be. I was honestly stressing about taking this $600 jewelry making class until I found your wire wrapped jewelry video, which took away all my stress, made me buy some very affordable beginner tools and materials, and take a crack at it myself before investing a huge chunk of money into something I don't even know if I want to do. Many many many thanks, Kit and Madi, for putting these together.
Regarding the direction of the channel: I'm here for the larp stuff so the more practical the better for me. Also I come here for the easy to understand explanaitions, so the more different techniques and materials you use the better for me. For example: No I have some ideas on how to deal with raw hide. But that also gives you a few extra possibilities for topics, I guess. I could imagine an episode about tricks on how to make your alchemy look better. Or special effects for magic (I've heard there have been some mayor developments in parts of the community in the last decade, but haven't seen them so far). But: I don't think you should try to tailor your channel too much to what you think your audience thinks it wants. For much of the stuff I find the most interesting here I could not have asked, because I never knew I'd want it, before you brought it on. So far you're doing great by following your own interests. Trying to please an imagined audience is, for many people, a quick way to mediocracy. Please don't.
Hello there 🎉 This is exactly my sight to your question. I'm learning to know new stuff, techniques and ideas of what could Upgrade my Charakter, tent or else. For the met-evenings as well;) And otherwise i'd never have thought about some of your projects. Thank you, go in and hopefully, you have fun for a long period of time❤
hi clever! a great way to make rawhide a bit more transparent is to just oil it-- this is how windows were made before the popularization of glass panes!
YES, THESE TYPES OF VIDEOS ARE WONDERFUL!!! Not only are the projects fun for play, but you are helping others connect to the traditional skills humans have needed for much of our history. Even in our more modernized lifestyles shit still happens, hurricanes, snow storms, wild fires, etc. take down city infrastructure and when people have the confidence built up (and the supplies) from doing little projects like these, they are able to have more secure faith in their own abilities to create solutions that will help them cope until city services are up and running again. I really like these videos that touch on survival skills that double as fun play enhancement for the aesthetics of a space. PLEASE KEEP THESE TYPES OF VIDEOS COMING!!! Thank you, and Maddie, and any other skill tree monkeys we don't get to see that collaborate to make these videos possible🥰
As a retired Scoutmaster, any troop can help you with lashing. We call it pioneering. Rope and poles can build many different things for your camps, gates, fencing, and trebuchets for defending your camp! Larp safe tennis balls for ammo. Very nice lanterns. Kangaroo rawhide is thinner and red. Makes great drum heads. Your camp needs a signal / warning drum! I got mine from Springfield Leather, they do online sale. Our just call them. Recommend making large soft leather drum mallets.
Pet supply shops are a crafters dream. Inexpensive bone, rawhide antler and horn. I made several parfleches out of rawhide bones, the big flinstone size. Also have made a couple of migration era buckles and powder horns from leg bones purchased there. Now i obviously need a lantern.
Just want to say I absolutely LOVE these types of builds, especially because my country doesn't always have the more "pricey" materials other videos recomend. So THESE DIY builds are helping me alot with my own cosplays and room additions! I would love to see more dnd/fantasy/Skyrim builds for cheep if you ever get the time but again TY SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME LEVEL UP AND GOD BLESS YOU!
I've been watching your skills shorts for a while now. I'm a carpenter of 24yrs (military trained) and I find these projects very awesome and informative. Im an old D&D guy. Love your content ❤!
This is awesome. Our wedding is early next year. We're doing a very rustic pagan wedding vibe and I've been searching for ideas on how to handle the table lighting for the feast and this is just the perfect inspiration. I love using materials for projects that they're not intended for or cobbling things together from scraps.
As a member of the Boy Scouts for almost 30 years, I have three things to add... 1: Maybe using a leather skiving knife to thin the leather more for more light. I don't work with leather, so that might not be the correct tool, but I remember there being a tool to thin leather from the Leatherworking Merit Badge. 2: The BSA also has a Pioneering Merit Badge that has all of the lashings and a lot of knots. There is the "Troop Leader" RUclips channel that is used for the ScoutingU (A "university" for teaching new leaders) that had videos for basic lashings as well as almost everything else a Scout Master needs to know. 3: For Rawhide Glue, the process is fairly simple. Bring water to a boil, add rawhide and simmer. Don't allow all the water to boil away until the rawhide dissolves. It takes a while. Also, depending on how you want to preserve it, you can leave it as a liquid or let it boil down to almost a solid stick. There are plenty of tutorials online. We used this to make replica bows for our camp's Order of the Arrow costumes.
You could try make some cool greek armour with the glue, Apparently Alexander the greats army had an armour called linothorax that was supposed to comparable to metal armour at the time, it was made of composite of fabric and glue from hide layered up . I guess it's similar to kevlar in structure but they can't say for sure 100% as it's completely organic material so it rots away over the centuries.
I loved this type of vid. My wife and I are building props for our D&D room and we want to start going to SCA/Larp camping events so making props is awesome. Love to see these thank you.
woot woot the sweater is back people... it's one of my favorites... yes we need more content like this... what about weaving a basket... would that be something to try... cheers to Kit and Maddie... hugs from Dallas...
Pine tar. Take sap from a pine tree and cook on a flat rock by a fire til it turns black. That rock will also be a good pallet. Best dang glue right out of nature. 100% from scratch.
As soon as I saw the tittle, "That's just crazy enough to work!" Edit: I love content like this because even tho I don't cosplay anymore, it is simple enough I can make it with the kids, and they can use it camping / playing.
Yes, I very much like this kind of “crafting” video, mainly because it’s for making something not just practical but so easily customizable. Someone else here mentioned that different designs will fit different characters- the square one is suitable as you said for an Orc or Barbarian, but also for a Ranger or similar who has to make do with what’s available, while the second would work for a Cleric or other scholarly type. Rawhide can be scraped thinner to make it more transparent, but it helps to have it in a stretching frame, wet, as you CAREFULLY scrape it. The rawhide in the rolled bones also have preferred stretch directions. They are stronger in that direction so you can cut (or tear) them into strips you can use for lashing projects together. That will look even more “primitive” but still work well. Just wet them to soften them and tie stuff up with them, and as they dry they will shrink, basically clamping your project together permanently. Baking parchment is a good material for projects like this. It also absorbs non flammable silicone lubricant spray which makes it more transparent and as a bonus can’t go rancid like cooking spray can. It’s nowhere near as durable as rawhide of course so it’s better for static display stuff than for carrying along in an adventure.
Someone probably already said it, but the glue made from rawhide is called, ‘hide glue’ it used to be the choice for glue back in the 1800 or earlier. Some woodworkers still use it Love the channel!
I like the random chaos of projects. I never know what you're going to make next and thats awesome. Though stuff I can use for camping/larping like these lanterns, and costumes are my favorite episodes.
I like these videos with a lower barrier to entry. Pretty standard household/crafting tools, without too much lasers, specialty machines, or cricuts. I think the creative use of simplicity is where you shine brightest.
As someone else in the comments has said, keep following what you are doing as you come up with ideas that I'd never think of. Definitely ask for ideas, but follow your own way of doing things and your own (and Maddie's)ideas. I am fascinated with what you do, how you do it and your sense of humour and fascination - to say nothing of finding easier ways to do things. That pasta roller was brilliant for stretching the rawhide.
For rawhide glue you basically need take the place it in a pot of boiling water and then let it simmer for hours. Just continue stirring. You need to keep adding water until almost all of it dissolves. There might be some bits that just refuse to dissolve completely after several hours, you can then just filter those out while it's still hot at watery (you can't really filter it once you reduce it). If there seem to be a lot of other things in there besides collagen you can let the liquid cool when dilute and layers should form that you can skim things off of. When happy with the collagen on a low temperature just start reducing it down. Once things start getting thicker you may want to switch to a double-boiler method to avoid burning things. Once it is very thick you have your glue. It can dried and rehydrated with water and heat. You can mix it with other things to change consistency and drying factors. This process also works with hides and bones. Its more commonly used today in art restoration where they are trying to use authentic materials as natural hide glues tended to flex with the materials and can be undone later with just water and heat. Also the best way to get a thinner rawhide is to start with the thicker piece and then essentially shave it with a sharp blade. You can also technically just use a sander and sand it down when its dry.
Thanks so much for this video. I think making stuff from rawhide is underrated. I saw a video where they made a ceremony rattle using rawhide and bought some rawhide dog chews from the dollar store that I want to make stuff with. As you showed, they are thick. Thanks for the tips on stretching them.
Every episode I have ever warched of yours has been exactly what I want to see. These laterns are amazing! It is also nice to get a male perspective on things to make for a Ren Faire or midevil type event. Some of us females need ropped in from our life time day dream of making fairy wings. Also love the variety of skills you touch base on. And really clever ideas. Did I say Clever? You both know your awesome and your community loves you and the direction you decide to take us. We are on the toller coaster with you! Always! ❤ Keep Leveling up, You!❤
I love the recycling dog chews idea. It's interesting the amount of things that can be reused or repurposed if you have a little knowledge and creativity.
I love this type of content, when I DM I like to put things around my screen or on the side table that sets the mood of the setting, and this is right up that ally. I could see that lamp hanging behind me while the players have snuck into an orc encampment.
I LOVE the pacing and minimal music of this video. I'm trying to game my algorithms to be better for my mental health, and this is exactly what I look for. A video that inspires me to make stuff and think creatively, instead of doomscroll. Thank you!
I love more atmospheric crafts. The costumes are really important, but the atmosphere you're able to provide in and out of character is just as crucial. And when you're talking about creating ambience for a larp, this sort of tutorials are beyond essential.
Another way to keep the fire and add safety is to actually leave a bit more space between the light source and the paper walls. The lantern wouldn't be as compact, but it'd work.
I do really enjoy these "build on a budget" type projects, especially when it's largely "go out into the woods and find this very common thing and you've got 50-90% of your project materials." Not everyone has the budget for 4-figure machinery, a large workshop, or even a dedicated workspace. So I really do appreciate getting ideas for projects that are low cost and could (mostly) be done at the dining room table and just set into a small box and put aside if the work is interrupted.
Ive been rewatching a bunch of the leather based projects because I recently found my dad's leather working supplies and I want to finally make some of the cool stuff I've seen! I'll have to do this one too :D
A suggestion of an awesome upgrade based on this project. The 2nd lamp: make the frame the exact same way, use your drum skin (properly wet) to make a tube (use the artificial sinew to sew it up into a tube), slide it over the frame, thdn you think tack in place with your domed tacks. Let it dry and I'll bet it'll be really cool.
"...the whole project was like, what, $9 for the little bag of bones." Definitely some vibes there, but a bit more "necromantic DIY" than barbarian Martha Stewart 😂
I love this kind of content! With cheap materials you make rustic and totally cool looking items, which are actually useful. I had planned to make such a lantern and you gave me a lot of ideas there. Thanks for the video!
I am both a crafter and a baker, when you mentioned using parchment paper my immediate thought was that you would use baking parchment. It’s easy to find in most grocery stores, inexpensive, and even better it comes on a roll like plastic wrap or foil, so you don’t need to glue two sheets together.
In the case of making glue from, like, rawhide dog bones, it's not so much *making* glue as *extracting* glue, because rawhide dog bones are a bleached rawhide that's permeated with a ton of glue (ie, not really great for your dog to chew on...)
Really enjoy these kinds of crafts!! Knew about doing lanterns this way, but never tried it.. very, KOOL!! KEEP MAKING MORE!! Oh, FYI-- I've been getting into making my own leather lace from, -- Indian Alum Tanned Leather. [ tan and Burgundy], also Latigo leather hides.. I needed some rawhide lace.. the rawhide is about $90.00!! Expensive and thick!! I found goat rawhide.. its awesome on price and it's workable and very translucent!! Would work great for these style lanterns!! THANKS AGAIN, for great ideas and tips!! One my favorite place to learn and occasionally get good laugh!!
So, pinning rawhide to stretch it for drying was used extensively back in the 17&1800's, and I imagine persisted as a method all the way into the modern age with fur trapping. Good job finding a reliable and tried methodology by accident.
Yes, I love when you do these kinds of projects. In fact, this is one that I've been looking into lately so this video could not have come at a better time. Thank you for all your hard work and of course overdoing it, we appreciate the extra love your team puts in. ^.^
Got to say this video alone was one of the best how to videos I’ve seen! I like that you explain thoroughly though without being Pretentious. Great that you also Give many different examples of how to do it. You were very charismatic without being to show. I’m definitely gonna follow this channel now! Keep putting up more videos and thank you
So, Rosco and Lee as well as a few other brands sell diffusion gels that are reasonably heat resistant. I have not put them next to an actual open flame, but they go on scorching hot tungsten lights so they may be a reasonable option for your lantern needs. They also sell colour gels if you want fun colours.
This video subject tickles all my serotonin receptors. I don’t know if I will make a lamp, but it adds to my motivation to start my medieval clothing sewing. Because world building!
Great project! I did have to laugh when you stretched the rawhide on the board, then cut it out to look stretched, then tied it to the lantern frame. One idea for future versions - stretch it directly on the frame (just like normal leather tanning). Punch the same holes, but instead of stretching and nailing, run some cord through and tie them around the frame. Bonus is that this should eliminate the later attaching step, so it's theoretically a time-saver as well. Also echoing another comment that you should be able to thin the rawhide by scraping it if you want it to be more translucent.
Damn RUclips recommendations for bringing me here!.. I was looking at leathercraft and now I see another super cool product I just really need and want to build, I make paper lanterns for a yearly festival of light and the tracing paper type stuff is soaked in dilute pva glue and it makes it somewhat flame-proof and stiffens it, but wow, who woulda thought of using rawhide as a diffuser and a rustic frame, I absolutely love it!.. thankyou!! 🙏👍
This was a great video, and well timed! There's an event that usually happens near me in a small Swiss town hidden in the mountains of West Virginia called Fasnacht. The whole thing is a one day celebration of the end of winter (happens in February) where people come together for booze, food, and bonfires, and we burn an effigy of Old Man Winter. There is a costume parade where people carry lanterns, and I will now plan to make one of these to carry this year! Thanks Clever, that was awesome!
I’m a massive fan of using natural materials (mainly cos I’m cheap) so seeing you use as much of that as possible is awesome! Amazing job as always, this build is definitely on my list for future!!
Cimbrer Bushcraft made similar lanterns with rawhide but he used the rawhide while it was still wet to place on the lanterns. His turned out great and he is able to use actual candles in his.
the only real suggestion I'd have on this project is to use the frame of the lantern as the base when you stretch the rawhide. You'll get it sized a bit easier and eliminate a step of the process. GG, love this. On a sidenote making glue from rawhide isn't very difficult, but can get smelly iirc since you need to boil it. Been awhile since I've done it, but from what I remember it's something you might wanna think about doing outside.
Love it. Using what's available and repurposing things is a great skill to have. I like old leather furniture, cuz most of the time, the leather is still good and can be rebirthed into something else
That is an awesome little project! I mean, I tend to love all of your videos, but especially those kinds of small experimental things that both inspire to find new ways to use stuff or do designs, but also help by solving specific problems, are just the best. I will take my son to his first larp (7yo) next summer, and in preparation we will craft a lot of stuff like this!
Absolutely love things like this. I found you for your leathercraft, I stuck around for the variety (after all, how many times can "Cut the pattern out, bevel the edges, stitch together!" in a row stay interesting? That's unsustainable! (no shade, it's exactly why I _don't_ much watch the other leathercraft channels I'm subbed to, until project day)) The experimentation and novelty is a big part of the charm of this channel. Buena suerte, Int3ligente!
1. love the new studio. 2. nice project. 3. on that drumhead -- if it's sourced overseas you really need to see your doc so you don't wind up with anthrax pneumonia....
Learnt 2 new things in one video! Never knew that dog bone could be stretched out, much less about making paper translucid with oil. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge Mr internet druid Sir!
Edit: Apparently it's back in English, at least on my side For those who hear it in Spanish/other languages, don't panic RUclips is trying its AI dubbing, and the RUclips interface somehow messed up the button to disable it in some channels, including Skill Tree. I'm sure it'll get fixed soon! Btw, I was here before the AI was done, can confirm the original audio is English
Loved the unusual/random way of procuring the needed materials. I would also be interested in the glue exercise success or fail. It's one of the things I like about this channel. We tried this, it failed, then we did this, it helped, etc.
I literally went to make a comment about the pasta maker. Glad to see someone working smarter not harder! I just found your channel, so I'm interested in anything you want to make.
You can soak rawhide for a while in hot water and then hammer it smooth on some concrete or steel (like an anvil or a concrete floor) before nailing it onto a board to make almost a plank or smooth pane with a uniform thickness. It will harden the fibers and lock them tight and make the light through it more uniform. Another thing you can do is use a wood burning kit to burn in tattooed designs on the surface. Make sure it is dry when you do and wipe it with a wet rag afterward. It makes a great opaque pane for a lantern!
loving these experimental projects!! my crafting ref palylist is 90 percent ur channel and I reference them constantly as a prop maker for theatre with designers wanting "authentic" but cheap solutions
As far as channel direction goes, I'd say it is going great. I never know what will be showing up next, which fits the whole "learn just about everything" vibe. Naturally, my favorite episodes are the ones that give me an urgent need to make the thing, but I also definitely need episodes that don't do that because I have too many hobbies as it is. This one is great for material concepts I can save for later. Like using rawhide for bone stuff I can shape to some extent.
love making lanterns! If you use paper thats extra thin, you can make your difuser with two sheets and sandwich botanicals between them, like pressed flowers and leaves, i recc, it looks awesome
Legitimately loved the raw stick lantern. As a next step in its evolution I might have stripped the bark off the sticks but it looks awesome regardless.
Very nice! Great ideas! 😃 We made silk lamps. First you paint on silk what you want - either a full round or 4 panels. Steam the silk and mount on lamps. Very fun!
Once you had your rawhide stretched and dried if you wanted it to let more light through all you need do is sand it down with sandpaper to the thickness you want. Rawhide was used in many sod and log cabins back in the old days to let light in and was thinned by using sandstone or other similar textured stones, modern sandpaper works even better. It will be fuzzy and you can leave it that way, but you can also use grease or fat and rub it into the rawhide to sort of glaze it. I prefer the fuzzy look myself.
You could cut thin strips from the larger piece and, while still damp, use it in place of the artificial sinew. Once it dries it will never come undone. You could also use the thin strips to sew together the rawhide squares for the round lantern. I like the parchment idea, hadn't thought of that.
I love using parchment paper for stuff like shoji screens, and watered-down coffee in a spray bottle is amazing for weathering and aging it. I've never tried oiling it because we never wanted it to be MORE see-through, but that's a great trick.
Hide glue is so easy to make! It's great and super strong. Just don't get it wet after it dries, it's water soluble. I made some to repair/match a 100 year old chair.
Great video! Alternate materials for the lantern: parchment paper sold for baking (brown and transparent) or tracing paper sold for drawing (white and transparent). Happy making!
Dude, you rock. I love your enthusiasm and your projects are always amazing to watch. There are twists and turns and the final crafts are a real delight.
This was such a cool project! It's a fantastic piece that could fit in a lot of different spaces. It would be awesome to see more of your creations on the aesthetic / functional side in the future.
Why is that happening?????? I mean... it is cool how good my spanish is but.... WHY RUclips????
Edit: We will have this fixed in 45 min. Either by reuploading this with it specifically or figuring it out.
A tad over my skill level at the moment Im sorry.
It's just odd that there is no English option
For me it was OK for close to 6 minutes, then paused the video to comment on you glue question. After that it's all messed up.
It is in english on my phone, but in spanish on my pc and my TV. That's even weirder.
@@SkillTree is this part of a secret plan to get us all learning Spanish? Lol
I’m the owner of Eastwind Castle. A medieval village and lower South Carolina. We have a living medieval Society and this is a perfect craft to add to our projects for both village enhancement and individual artistic growth. I appreciate it and will be creating a class for my guys for January.
Medivel greettings from Germany 🇺🇲❤️🇩🇪
Wish I would have heard of this before I moved further away. Very cool!
WOW! So cool!
I would love to see you make a lovely candle care kit
Hey neighbor! I’m about 2 hrs north of you in South Carolina. I’ll have to take a trip to visit!!
Holds up rawhide
My brain:
“Moisturize Me!!!”
haha Cassandra!
Ah, the first appearance of The Jack Harkness. Those were the days
Back when Doctor who wasn't woke trash
@@scottskaperen it's always been "woke"
I CAME HERE TO SAY THIS! 😂😂😂
The pasta roller was so unexpected but also exactly on brand for this channel, I love it.
Video Idea: artificer's goggles with several different movable lenses?
I second this, that would be such a good project for cosplayers (me included)
As a member of both the bushcraft community and the anacronistic medieval fantasy community, I'm always fascinated at how the finer details of people's kit vary based on the vibe/ character they're going for.
Over the years, I've watched you create a number of different characters. I'd love to see you different styles and versions of the same concept, designed for different characters.
For example, a fire-starting kit, a first-aid kit, a mess kit, an EDC pouch, etc. Only, multiple versions of each, personalized to each character.
Love this idea, especially if the product reveals are a nice layout with the different versions next to each other.
Omg yes! Imagine a lantern for an elven ranger! Sooo cool, so many options 😻
@@Horo8448he did an elven type flower kinda lantern I guess it's been about 3 years ago.
Cimbrer bushcraft from Scandinavia region made a rawhide lantern years ago I found interesting.
@@TNBushcrafter omg thanks! I'll check it out! 💚
Chopping up raw hide and boiling it down is how traditional hide glue is made. Lots of wood workers still use it. You have to keep it hot while you use it.
That's also how gelatin is made. You also get more from tendons than the hide.
It also stinks, but makes for a specific kind of tone that old string instruments are known for.
yeah, you see this a lot in old painting conservations in the form of rabbit hide glue
my favorite thing about this video is when you showed ways to stretch the rawhide, without brute strength. Living with long covid/chronic fatigue syndrome makes me very aware how much "strength" is a barrier to "basic competence." utilizing tools to reduce barriers is a HUGE win.
"long COVID" 😂😂
@@JohnZombi88 I wish for you a sudden and undeniable lesson in empathy and medical fact.
Fun fact, you can also use rawhide dog bones as a source of raw hide to back a bow. When making a bow, you need a backing material (if your desired draw weight is above 30lbs with a flat spine) so that the wood doesn't split out. You need the belly of the bow to have good compression, but the back of the bow (the part that faces away from you) needs to be good under tension. The raw hide improves the tension side of the equation, and can allow for draw weights upwards of 80-110lbs. Higher than 100lbs usually needs a round bow profile tho. Fun fact over.
If the bow isn't a self bow, then yes, but there are also plenty of self bows where no backing is needed at all. It's all dependent on the wood and style, with several of both flat or rounded profiles both being able to acheive high draws if constructed well. The most famous being English longbows of yew where the heart wood is great at compression and the sapwood has great tension, letting a properly tillered bow to be in the 180+ lbs draw weight. Rawhide can increase poundage and speed a bit but is more useful as a binder of sorts. As you've mentioned on keeping the back from splitting where it more acts as a bind to a less desirable piece of wood to give it a better chance at not snapping, or if you make some kind of damage in the back when tillering then it can patch it up and keep the wood fibers down. You can see the same effect with cloths like linen as an example. Sinew is used much more for increasing the speed and power of bows dramatically, giving short plains bows used by indigenous peoples, the poundage, and speed to shoot arrows clear through bison. Or even other woods as backing like bamboo or certain maples.
Edit as an example for the self bow over 30lbs, I have an ash longbow pulling just under 70lbs with no backing and a flat back. Instead it has almost the reverse treatment of sorts where the belly is heat tempered to help keep it from having more set when unstrung and increase it's speed a bit. But isn't necessary for it to be functional just a personal choice for added performance.
@@WolfStar08 The most powerful self bows are usually MUCH thicker than a standard composite or backed bow. You are also relying on perfect wood grain, and those bows tend to lose A LOT of power when left strung for extended periods, which is less of an issue with the other two types.
Powerful self bows are also not usually called "flat bows", like the type I specifically mentioned. High power self bows have either got a round or half round cross-section, whereas a flat bow would have a distil taper, but is for the most part flat on both sides of the stave.
Personally, I like when you bounce around different skills, styles and kinds of projects, a little bit of everything.
I find it helps me see skills I want to learn in a new light (no pun intended based on this video's subject), and how accessible things can be.
I was honestly stressing about taking this $600 jewelry making class until I found your wire wrapped jewelry video, which took away all my stress, made me buy some very affordable beginner tools and materials, and take a crack at it myself before investing a huge chunk of money into something I don't even know if I want to do.
Many many many thanks, Kit and Madi, for putting these together.
Exactly what this comment says. You strike a bunch of sparks and see what "takes"... love the videos.
Regarding the direction of the channel: I'm here for the larp stuff so the more practical the better for me. Also I come here for the easy to understand explanaitions, so the more different techniques and materials you use the better for me. For example: No I have some ideas on how to deal with raw hide.
But that also gives you a few extra possibilities for topics, I guess. I could imagine an episode about tricks on how to make your alchemy look better. Or special effects for magic (I've heard there have been some mayor developments in parts of the community in the last decade, but haven't seen them so far).
But: I don't think you should try to tailor your channel too much to what you think your audience thinks it wants. For much of the stuff I find the most interesting here I could not have asked, because I never knew I'd want it, before you brought it on. So far you're doing great by following your own interests. Trying to please an imagined audience is, for many people, a quick way to mediocracy. Please don't.
Hello there 🎉
This is exactly my sight to your question. I'm learning to know new stuff, techniques and ideas of what could Upgrade my Charakter, tent or else. For the met-evenings as well;) And otherwise i'd never have thought about some of your projects. Thank you, go in and hopefully, you have fun for a long period of time❤
two things:
one: these are very cool lanterns.
two: i love your sweater! it looks super cozy
Same
hi clever! a great way to make rawhide a bit more transparent is to just oil it-- this is how windows were made before the popularization of glass panes!
ooh!! do you oil it while shaping it? or after it's dried?
After it's dried and you've stretched it around the frame.
YES, THESE TYPES OF VIDEOS ARE WONDERFUL!!! Not only are the projects fun for play, but you are helping others connect to the traditional skills humans have needed for much of our history. Even in our more modernized lifestyles shit still happens, hurricanes, snow storms, wild fires, etc. take down city infrastructure and when people have the confidence built up (and the supplies) from doing little projects like these, they are able to have more secure faith in their own abilities to create solutions that will help them cope until city services are up and running again. I really like these videos that touch on survival skills that double as fun play enhancement for the aesthetics of a space. PLEASE KEEP THESE TYPES OF VIDEOS COMING!!! Thank you, and Maddie, and any other skill tree monkeys we don't get to see that collaborate to make these videos possible🥰
As a retired Scoutmaster, any troop can help you with lashing. We call it pioneering. Rope and poles can build many different things for your camps, gates, fencing, and trebuchets for defending your camp! Larp safe tennis balls for ammo. Very nice lanterns. Kangaroo rawhide is thinner and red. Makes great drum heads. Your camp needs a signal / warning drum! I got mine from Springfield Leather, they do online sale. Our just call them. Recommend making large soft leather drum mallets.
Cerb will be drooling every time you light that lantern.
Pet supply shops are a crafters dream. Inexpensive bone, rawhide antler and horn. I made several parfleches out of rawhide bones, the big flinstone size. Also have made a couple of migration era buckles and powder horns from leg bones purchased there. Now i obviously need a lantern.
Doggy chew bones also do well as poor man's skrimshaw pieces.
Just want to say I absolutely LOVE these types of builds, especially because my country doesn't always have the more "pricey" materials other videos recomend. So THESE DIY builds are helping me alot with my own cosplays and room additions! I would love to see more dnd/fantasy/Skyrim builds for cheep if you ever get the time but again TY SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME LEVEL UP AND GOD BLESS YOU!
I've been watching your skills shorts for a while now. I'm a carpenter of 24yrs (military trained) and I find these projects very awesome and informative. Im an old D&D guy. Love your content ❤!
This is awesome. Our wedding is early next year. We're doing a very rustic pagan wedding vibe and I've been searching for ideas on how to handle the table lighting for the feast and this is just the perfect inspiration. I love using materials for projects that they're not intended for or cobbling things together from scraps.
Experimenting with materials that are not normally thought of as DIY/craft materials, i.e. raw hide for dogs, is fantastic
As a member of the Boy Scouts for almost 30 years, I have three things to add...
1: Maybe using a leather skiving knife to thin the leather more for more light. I don't work with leather, so that might not be the correct tool, but I remember there being a tool to thin leather from the Leatherworking Merit Badge.
2: The BSA also has a Pioneering Merit Badge that has all of the lashings and a lot of knots. There is the "Troop Leader" RUclips channel that is used for the ScoutingU (A "university" for teaching new leaders) that had videos for basic lashings as well as almost everything else a Scout Master needs to know.
3: For Rawhide Glue, the process is fairly simple. Bring water to a boil, add rawhide and simmer. Don't allow all the water to boil away until the rawhide dissolves. It takes a while. Also, depending on how you want to preserve it, you can leave it as a liquid or let it boil down to almost a solid stick. There are plenty of tutorials online. We used this to make replica bows for our camp's Order of the Arrow costumes.
I don't know much about leatherworking, but would the tool behind him on the left side of the screen possibly be good for thinning the leather out?
pumice and thinning it out that way - it's how they used to make books.
Once dried, a scraping card will work well to thin it down. Like what's used in cabinet making.
You could try make some cool greek armour with the glue, Apparently Alexander the greats army had an armour called linothorax that was supposed to comparable to metal armour at the time, it was made of composite of fabric and glue from hide layered up . I guess it's similar to kevlar in structure but they can't say for sure 100% as it's completely organic material so it rots away over the centuries.
Love these small projects that are actually realistic for everyone to make on their own
I loved this type of vid. My wife and I are building props for our D&D room and we want to start going to SCA/Larp camping events so making props is awesome. Love to see these thank you.
The lashing you showed is very helpful, much appreciated!
woot woot the sweater is back people... it's one of my favorites... yes we need more content like this... what about weaving a basket... would that be something to try... cheers to Kit and Maddie... hugs from Dallas...
Pine tar. Take sap from a pine tree and cook on a flat rock by a fire til it turns black. That rock will also be a good pallet. Best dang glue right out of nature. 100% from scratch.
the idea of useful items for like camp sites or even useful items in your room is a Fantastic idea. So more vides like this would be awesome to watch
As soon as I saw the tittle, "That's just crazy enough to work!"
Edit: I love content like this because even tho I don't cosplay anymore, it is simple enough I can make it with the kids, and they can use it camping / playing.
Yes, I very much like this kind of “crafting” video, mainly because it’s for making something not just practical but so easily customizable. Someone else here mentioned that different designs will fit different characters- the square one is suitable as you said for an Orc or Barbarian, but also for a Ranger or similar who has to make do with what’s available, while the second would work for a Cleric or other scholarly type.
Rawhide can be scraped thinner to make it more transparent, but it helps to have it in a stretching frame, wet, as you CAREFULLY scrape it.
The rawhide in the rolled bones also have preferred stretch directions. They are stronger in that direction so you can cut (or tear) them into strips you can use for lashing projects together. That will look even more “primitive” but still work well. Just wet them to soften them and tie stuff up with them, and as they dry they will shrink, basically clamping your project together permanently.
Baking parchment is a good material for projects like this. It also absorbs non flammable silicone lubricant spray which makes it more transparent and as a bonus can’t go rancid like cooking spray can. It’s nowhere near as durable as rawhide of course so it’s better for static display stuff than for carrying along in an adventure.
Someone probably already said it, but the glue made from rawhide is called, ‘hide glue’ it used to be the choice for glue back in the 1800 or earlier. Some woodworkers still use it
Love the channel!
I like the random chaos of projects. I never know what you're going to make next and thats awesome. Though stuff I can use for camping/larping like these lanterns, and costumes are my favorite episodes.
I like these videos with a lower barrier to entry. Pretty standard household/crafting tools, without too much lasers, specialty machines, or cricuts. I think the creative use of simplicity is where you shine brightest.
As someone else in the comments has said, keep following what you are doing as you come up with ideas that I'd never think of. Definitely ask for ideas, but follow your own way of doing things and your own (and Maddie's)ideas. I am fascinated with what you do, how you do it and your sense of humour and fascination - to say nothing of finding easier ways to do things. That pasta roller was brilliant for stretching the rawhide.
For rawhide glue you basically need take the place it in a pot of boiling water and then let it simmer for hours. Just continue stirring. You need to keep adding water until almost all of it dissolves. There might be some bits that just refuse to dissolve completely after several hours, you can then just filter those out while it's still hot at watery (you can't really filter it once you reduce it). If there seem to be a lot of other things in there besides collagen you can let the liquid cool when dilute and layers should form that you can skim things off of.
When happy with the collagen on a low temperature just start reducing it down. Once things start getting thicker you may want to switch to a double-boiler method to avoid burning things. Once it is very thick you have your glue. It can dried and rehydrated with water and heat. You can mix it with other things to change consistency and drying factors. This process also works with hides and bones. Its more commonly used today in art restoration where they are trying to use authentic materials as natural hide glues tended to flex with the materials and can be undone later with just water and heat.
Also the best way to get a thinner rawhide is to start with the thicker piece and then essentially shave it with a sharp blade. You can also technically just use a sander and sand it down when its dry.
Thanks so much for this video. I think making stuff from rawhide is underrated. I saw a video where they made a ceremony rattle using rawhide and bought some rawhide dog chews from the dollar store that I want to make stuff with. As you showed, they are thick. Thanks for the tips on stretching them.
Every episode I have ever warched of yours has been exactly what I want to see. These laterns are amazing! It is also nice to get a male perspective on things to make for a Ren Faire or midevil type event. Some of us females need ropped in from our life time day dream of making fairy wings. Also love the variety of skills you touch base on. And really clever ideas. Did I say Clever? You both know your awesome and your community loves you and the direction you decide to take us. We are on the toller coaster with you! Always! ❤ Keep Leveling up, You!❤
I really like projects where something cheap and easily accessible can be upcycled into something cool and pretty, so yes, I like this video.
today on Skill Tree we learn spanish, since english is apparently broken
Guess we're leveling up speech craft today instead, that thumbnail's clickbait! 🤣
I love the recycling dog chews idea. It's interesting the amount of things that can be reused or repurposed if you have a little knowledge and creativity.
I love this type of content, when I DM I like to put things around my screen or on the side table that sets the mood of the setting, and this is right up that ally. I could see that lamp hanging behind me while the players have snuck into an orc encampment.
I LOVE the pacing and minimal music of this video. I'm trying to game my algorithms to be better for my mental health, and this is exactly what I look for. A video that inspires me to make stuff and think creatively, instead of doomscroll. Thank you!
I love more atmospheric crafts. The costumes are really important, but the atmosphere you're able to provide in and out of character is just as crucial. And when you're talking about creating ambience for a larp, this sort of tutorials are beyond essential.
Another way to keep the fire and add safety is to actually leave a bit more space between the light source and the paper walls. The lantern wouldn't be as compact, but it'd work.
Thanks!
Thank you SO MUCH!!!!
I do really enjoy these "build on a budget" type projects, especially when it's largely "go out into the woods and find this very common thing and you've got 50-90% of your project materials." Not everyone has the budget for 4-figure machinery, a large workshop, or even a dedicated workspace. So I really do appreciate getting ideas for projects that are low cost and could (mostly) be done at the dining room table and just set into a small box and put aside if the work is interrupted.
Ive been rewatching a bunch of the leather based projects because I recently found my dad's leather working supplies and I want to finally make some of the cool stuff I've seen! I'll have to do this one too :D
I love that you're doing good bushcraft as a way to craft better props. I know you wished for hot glue, but I'm a fan of lashings any day, lol
Man that's some fast production. You posted it and had it redubbed in less than 10 minutes.
A suggestion of an awesome upgrade based on this project. The 2nd lamp: make the frame the exact same way, use your drum skin (properly wet) to make a tube (use the artificial sinew to sew it up into a tube), slide it over the frame, thdn you think tack in place with your domed tacks. Let it dry and I'll bet it'll be really cool.
I love how unhinged the rawhide looks all nailed to the board.
"...the whole project was like, what, $9 for the little bag of bones." Definitely some vibes there, but a bit more "necromantic DIY" than barbarian Martha Stewart 😂
I love this kind of content! With cheap materials you make rustic and totally cool looking items, which are actually useful. I had planned to make such a lantern and you gave me a lot of ideas there. Thanks for the video!
I am both a crafter and a baker, when you mentioned using parchment paper my immediate thought was that you would use baking parchment. It’s easy to find in most grocery stores, inexpensive, and even better it comes on a roll like plastic wrap or foil, so you don’t need to glue two sheets together.
A couple of great ideas, and I'm kicking myself for not thinking of them. I used regular paper and it looks really janky.
I laughed SO HARD at "I dont know how much more flamable you could make it?"
In the case of making glue from, like, rawhide dog bones, it's not so much *making* glue as *extracting* glue, because rawhide dog bones are a bleached rawhide that's permeated with a ton of glue (ie, not really great for your dog to chew on...)
That´s the comment I was looking for! Use them for crafts, don´t feed them to you dog.
Really enjoy these kinds of crafts!! Knew about doing lanterns this way, but never tried it.. very, KOOL!! KEEP MAKING MORE!! Oh, FYI-- I've been getting into making my own leather lace from, -- Indian Alum Tanned Leather. [ tan and Burgundy], also Latigo leather hides.. I needed some rawhide lace.. the rawhide is about $90.00!! Expensive and thick!! I found goat rawhide.. its awesome on price and it's workable and very translucent!! Would work great for these style lanterns!! THANKS AGAIN, for great ideas and tips!! One my favorite place to learn and occasionally get good laugh!!
So, pinning rawhide to stretch it for drying was used extensively back in the 17&1800's, and I imagine persisted as a method all the way into the modern age with fur trapping. Good job finding a reliable and tried methodology by accident.
Yes, I love when you do these kinds of projects. In fact, this is one that I've been looking into lately so this video could not have come at a better time. Thank you for all your hard work and of course overdoing it, we appreciate the extra love your team puts in. ^.^
Got to say this video alone was one of the best how to videos I’ve seen! I like that you explain thoroughly though without being Pretentious. Great that you also Give many different examples of how to do it. You were very charismatic without being to show. I’m definitely gonna follow this channel now! Keep putting up more videos and thank you
So, Rosco and Lee as well as a few other brands sell diffusion gels that are reasonably heat resistant. I have not put them next to an actual open flame, but they go on scorching hot tungsten lights so they may be a reasonable option for your lantern needs. They also sell colour gels if you want fun colours.
This video subject tickles all my serotonin receptors. I don’t know if I will make a lamp, but it adds to my motivation to start my medieval clothing sewing. Because world building!
Great project! I did have to laugh when you stretched the rawhide on the board, then cut it out to look stretched, then tied it to the lantern frame. One idea for future versions - stretch it directly on the frame (just like normal leather tanning). Punch the same holes, but instead of stretching and nailing, run some cord through and tie them around the frame. Bonus is that this should eliminate the later attaching step, so it's theoretically a time-saver as well.
Also echoing another comment that you should be able to thin the rawhide by scraping it if you want it to be more translucent.
13:41 thought he could make a letterkenny reference and we wouldn't notice.
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Damn RUclips recommendations for bringing me here!.. I was looking at leathercraft and now I see another super cool product I just really need and want to build, I make paper lanterns for a yearly festival of light and the tracing paper type stuff is soaked in dilute pva glue and it makes it somewhat flame-proof and stiffens it, but wow, who woulda thought of using rawhide as a diffuser and a rustic frame, I absolutely love it!.. thankyou!! 🙏👍
This was a great video, and well timed! There's an event that usually happens near me in a small Swiss town hidden in the mountains of West Virginia called Fasnacht. The whole thing is a one day celebration of the end of winter (happens in February) where people come together for booze, food, and bonfires, and we burn an effigy of Old Man Winter. There is a costume parade where people carry lanterns, and I will now plan to make one of these to carry this year! Thanks Clever, that was awesome!
I’m a massive fan of using natural materials (mainly cos I’m cheap) so seeing you use as much of that as possible is awesome!
Amazing job as always, this build is definitely on my list for future!!
LOVE these projects. Useful, immediately achievable, and inexpensive. My favorite types of your projects, honestly.
Anyone else get the feeling that crafting with this dude would be a whirlwind of ideas personally I’d really like that
Cimbrer Bushcraft made similar lanterns with rawhide but he used the rawhide while it was still wet to place on the lanterns. His turned out great and he is able to use actual candles in his.
I made one a few years ago with his video as guidance, mine uses tealight candles and the candlecup pullrod is just a chopstick
@@marcusfridh8489 That's really cool.
Yep, two years ago, it's on his DIY Cimbrer RUclips channel.
the only real suggestion I'd have on this project is to use the frame of the lantern as the base when you stretch the rawhide. You'll get it sized a bit easier and eliminate a step of the process. GG, love this.
On a sidenote making glue from rawhide isn't very difficult, but can get smelly iirc since you need to boil it. Been awhile since I've done it, but from what I remember it's something you might wanna think about doing outside.
Love it. Using what's available and repurposing things is a great skill to have. I like old leather furniture, cuz most of the time, the leather is still good and can be rebirthed into something else
That is an awesome little project! I mean, I tend to love all of your videos, but especially those kinds of small experimental things that both inspire to find new ways to use stuff or do designs, but also help by solving specific problems, are just the best. I will take my son to his first larp (7yo) next summer, and in preparation we will craft a lot of stuff like this!
Absolutely love things like this. I found you for your leathercraft, I stuck around for the variety (after all, how many times can "Cut the pattern out, bevel the edges, stitch together!" in a row stay interesting? That's unsustainable! (no shade, it's exactly why I _don't_ much watch the other leathercraft channels I'm subbed to, until project day)) The experimentation and novelty is a big part of the charm of this channel. Buena suerte, Int3ligente!
Love the lanterns. We've done a number of things like this throughout the years for SCA and now Rennie activities.
1. love the new studio. 2. nice project. 3. on that drumhead -- if it's sourced overseas you really need to see your doc so you don't wind up with anthrax pneumonia....
Learnt 2 new things in one video! Never knew that dog bone could be stretched out, much less about making paper translucid with oil.
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge Mr internet druid Sir!
Edit: Apparently it's back in English, at least on my side
For those who hear it in Spanish/other languages, don't panic
RUclips is trying its AI dubbing, and the RUclips interface somehow messed up the button to disable it in some channels, including Skill Tree.
I'm sure it'll get fixed soon!
Btw, I was here before the AI was done, can confirm the original audio is English
thank you
Loved the unusual/random way of procuring the needed materials. I would also be interested in the glue exercise success or fail. It's one of the things I like about this channel. We tried this, it failed, then we did this, it helped, etc.
I literally went to make a comment about the pasta maker. Glad to see someone working smarter not harder! I just found your channel, so I'm interested in anything you want to make.
As someone who has a Viking character in my local Larp, I love projects like this! Definitely gonna try this one!
I came for the lanterns and you hooked me at rawhide glue......love it!!
You can soak rawhide for a while in hot water and then hammer it smooth on some concrete or steel (like an anvil or a concrete floor) before nailing it onto a board to make almost a plank or smooth pane with a uniform thickness. It will harden the fibers and lock them tight and make the light through it more uniform. Another thing you can do is use a wood burning kit to burn in tattooed designs on the surface. Make sure it is dry when you do and wipe it with a wet rag afterward. It makes a great opaque pane for a lantern!
loving these experimental projects!! my crafting ref palylist is 90 percent ur channel and I reference them constantly as a prop maker for theatre with designers wanting "authentic" but cheap solutions
As far as channel direction goes, I'd say it is going great. I never know what will be showing up next, which fits the whole "learn just about everything" vibe.
Naturally, my favorite episodes are the ones that give me an urgent need to make the thing, but I also definitely need episodes that don't do that because I have too many hobbies as it is. This one is great for material concepts I can save for later. Like using rawhide for bone stuff I can shape to some extent.
Thanks for linking the sweater, I couldn't watch the rest of the video without knowing.
love making lanterns! If you use paper thats extra thin, you can make your difuser with two sheets and sandwich botanicals between them, like pressed flowers and leaves, i recc, it looks awesome
i personally love these types of videos.
these sort of videos are why i fell in love with RUclips to begin with so long ago!
Legitimately loved the raw stick lantern. As a next step in its evolution I might have stripped the bark off the sticks but it looks awesome regardless.
Very nice! Great ideas! 😃
We made silk lamps. First you paint on silk what you want - either a full round or 4 panels. Steam the silk and mount on lamps. Very fun!
Once you had your rawhide stretched and dried if you wanted it to let more light through all you need do is sand it down with sandpaper to the thickness you want. Rawhide was used in many sod and log cabins back in the old days to let light in and was thinned by using sandstone or other similar textured stones, modern sandpaper works even better. It will be fuzzy and you can leave it that way, but you can also use grease or fat and rub it into the rawhide to sort of glaze it. I prefer the fuzzy look myself.
You could cut thin strips from the larger piece and, while still damp, use it in place of the artificial sinew. Once it dries it will never come undone.
You could also use the thin strips to sew together the rawhide squares for the round lantern. I like the parchment idea, hadn't thought of that.
I love using parchment paper for stuff like shoji screens, and watered-down coffee in a spray bottle is amazing for weathering and aging it.
I've never tried oiling it because we never wanted it to be MORE see-through, but that's a great trick.
Hide glue is so easy to make! It's great and super strong. Just don't get it wet after it dries, it's water soluble. I made some to repair/match a 100 year old chair.
Great video! Alternate materials for the lantern: parchment paper sold for baking (brown and transparent) or tracing paper sold for drawing (white and transparent). Happy making!
Dude, you rock. I love your enthusiasm and your projects are always amazing to watch. There are twists and turns and the final crafts are a real delight.
I like these crafts, and the sourcing the materials when they aren't readily available os awesome. Keep up the good work!
I have made one too myself a few years ago with dog none raw hide. I learned is from the youtuber Cimbrer Viking and Bush craft.
This was such a cool project! It's a fantastic piece that could fit in a lot of different spaces. It would be awesome to see more of your creations on the aesthetic / functional side in the future.