Excellent information on reindeer pelt. I now know why my pelt keeps on losing hair. I bought it from a shop in Levi. Next time I'm in Finland, I will definitely search for a genuine Sami made pelt. Thank you so much.
This is amazing. I'm always looking for simpler ways to tan because the only videos I ever find involve brain tanning or large amounts of salt and alum that is expensive and complicated. I always knew the Vikings didnt have that stuff but didnt know how to do it the simple way. Tak!
Try walnut hulls, the fresh green ones are the best. Get a barrel or bucket, add water and hulls ( expect to get brown stains in exposed skin and clothes that don’t come out , it’s a dye too!) soak the raw scraped hides in the solution for as long as it takes. This is going to be brown . Shades of brown depending on freshness of hulls, and species of walnut tree. The Confederacy during the American War Between the States famously used Butternut walnut. Black walnut should be darker , I will try it this year.
Thanks for the information. I love your video's. I hope ypu can do a video once a week. I've seen every video you've made, and I love them all. Greetings from Tennessee North America
That's great. I was fortunate nuffto make a deer pelt out of a roadkill last week. Smacked hard enough that the skin unpeeled as it rolled down the embankment. And all I needed was a mcdonalds spork to loosen the fat from the skin. Good thing too cuz my 70' Lesabre doesnt have good heat.
You can waterproof it further if you make fish glue (the swim ladders & the hose of any scaled animal makes a waterproof glue). Seems it's just boiled like regular hide glue. I suppose you could also burn pine sap/pitch & catch the drippings (not flammable or tacky- so it shouldn't burn up if your buried some coals or pick up all kinds of forest litter).
Thank you I have been looking for that information for ever!! I am in New Zealand but would you be able to recommend where i might buy sun dried reindeer hides? Cheers
Can you provide a link for buying the correct type of pelt, one that will post abroad, in particular, to the UK. All the ones I have found available, all mention about moulting. Many thanks!😁
Nice to find your video. I am in northern norway and just bought a skin from sami people. But it is veryyyy hard. How can i soften it? Just roll it alot? I am affraid to break it. Also it has some blood on the hair side lol. Can i clean that with snow or something?
I would like to purchase a reindeer fur hide for camping in cold climate this winter. I understand that it is better to have a dried hide vs.a chemically tanned hide. Can you suggest a vendor either in Europe or the USA? Thanks!
Do you have a good recommendation of where to buy sun dried pelts? Most places I've looked up only sell tanned pelts or are completely sold out of sun dried pelts.
thanks for the great videos...keep them coming!!! guess I'm related to Rolo...I've been studying family history and want to learn more. Do we know who Rolo's family was/ where from/ history of??? I'm from Oregon, USA.
There are some places in Norway/Sweden where you can get them without having to know a sami, hehe. www.granberggarveri.no/produkt/reinskinn-og-reinshorn/reinskinn-torka-simle This tanner sels them, al though I read on his page that they use a slightly more industrial approach thus we can't guarantee the quality =) We never buy any pels "unseen or untouched". I think you would have to come to Norway and pay the sami a visit. haha
It would be well if I could go there indeed. But, I'm unfortunately disabled (unable to travel). Can I buy a sun dried pelt from you, one that you know is "authentic" produced by the Sami ? Please let me know.
I bought my reindeer pelt from a tourist shop in the north of Sweden about 8 years ago. So far I haven't had a problem with falling hair. However, it has recently started to smell bad. Like dog smell kind of. Does anyone know why that happen and how to get rid of the smell? I have called a local leather specialist and they told me it is possible to wash it in a washing machine (30 degrees, wool cycle, no centrifuge, flat dry) using a special detergent for leather. Is that really possible? Any ideas? I really love my reindeer skin and don't want to throw it away but the smell is getting quite bad. Please help!!!
Hi there. I was wondering if you have a contact for the reindeer skin's. I am a stoneage teacher for schools her in the UK. I specialise in Palo and Mesolithic living. I only use materials that would have been around during this time. We don't have raindeer in the uk. I don't like using chemical tanned skin but I have smoked the ones I use. Can you help me out if possible.
Will it work on sheepskins? And if I wanted to try to do it myself (I live in the U.S., so it's harder to find Sami here), what's the exact process? Does it involve soaking the skin in water or using salt to help flesh it, like I've seen other people do? Thanks!
I wonder where you are filming all your videos, I think it is in norway but you are talking about the sami i hink about northen sweden? so plz answer my question!?
Ooooh, hands on history viking guest house? Hmm, maybe the wife and I could go their for our 10th anniversary (in 9 years). Your business is gay friendly, right?
Best re-enactment channel on RUclips.
Excellent information on reindeer pelt. I now know why my pelt keeps on losing hair. I bought it from a shop in Levi. Next time I'm in Finland, I will definitely search for a genuine Sami made pelt. Thank you so much.
Oh my goodness you guys actually take in visitors to camp with you!? Coming to Norway asap
Same!
Hi Mel =) Yes, we do. But not very often though. But there are som chances in summer.
This is amazing. I'm always looking for simpler ways to tan because the only videos I ever find involve brain tanning or large amounts of salt and alum that is expensive and complicated. I always knew the Vikings didnt have that stuff but didnt know how to do it the simple way. Tak!
Try walnut hulls, the fresh green ones are the best. Get a barrel or bucket, add water and hulls ( expect to get brown stains in exposed skin and clothes that don’t come out , it’s a dye too!) soak the raw scraped hides in the solution for as long as it takes. This is going to be brown . Shades of brown depending on freshness of hulls, and species of walnut tree. The Confederacy during the American War Between the States famously used Butternut walnut. Black walnut should be darker , I will try it this year.
Love your vids! Keep it up. I’d love to visit. God Bless and Cheers 🍻 from America!
As always great video!
Lovely cabin as well...
You guys are amazing keep up the great videos!
Thanks for the informations. Awesome video again :) Epic guest room! What a dream
Thanks for the information. I love your video's. I hope ypu can do a video once a week. I've seen every video you've made, and I love them all. Greetings from Tennessee North America
great video! i usually cut down some birch branches to lay under my reindeer skins, so i get air between the ground and the skin :)
That is a luxury option indeed =) Problem is, where we usually hike there are no trees. haha. Above tree line at 1000 m.
wow id love to stop in and stay to learn how to live like this.
The perfect woman doesn't exis--.
yay the intro is back!!! how do you get into a group to do all this.
many reenactmentgroups use facebook nowadays. maybe you try it there
nice vid
So, where can people buy the sun-dried pelts?
Wow!
Thanks for the video. Very helpful
So sleeping pelts have more in common with rawhide than leather
Thanks you so much for all those wonderfull information.
Amazing
love the channel
As a Viking reenactor (and a reenactor of many different eras) how would one get a Non-tanned Reindeer pelt to the USA?
Useful, thank you.
That's great. I was fortunate nuffto make a deer pelt out of a roadkill last week. Smacked hard enough that the skin unpeeled as it rolled down the embankment. And all I needed was a mcdonalds spork to loosen the fat from the skin. Good thing too cuz my 70' Lesabre doesnt have good heat.
great video!
Hi. My name is Oleg. I am from New York. Where cun I buy this kind pelt? Any store you know with a quality like you have on your video? Thanks
You can waterproof it further if you make fish glue (the swim ladders & the hose of any scaled animal makes a waterproof glue). Seems it's just boiled like regular hide glue. I suppose you could also burn pine sap/pitch & catch the drippings (not flammable or tacky- so it shouldn't burn up if your buried some coals or pick up all kinds of forest litter).
Thank you
I have been looking for that information for ever!!
I am in New Zealand but would you be able to recommend where i might buy sun dried reindeer hides?
Cheers
Can you please recommend anyone who sells these sun dried pelt?
Can you provide a link for buying the correct type of pelt, one that will post abroad, in particular, to the UK. All the ones I have found available, all mention about moulting. Many thanks!😁
where do you buy them?
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Nice to find your video. I am in northern norway and just bought a skin from sami people. But it is veryyyy hard. How can i soften it? Just roll it alot? I am affraid to break it.
Also it has some blood on the hair side lol. Can i clean that with snow or something?
Also, is there any evidence that vikings used sheep skins for the same porpouse. Thanks
The best way would be too smoke the hides that way they become waterproof
I too am looking for a retailer of sun dried raindeer can you direct me to a source?
I would like to purchase a reindeer fur hide for camping in cold climate this winter. I understand that it is better to have a dried hide vs.a chemically tanned hide. Can you suggest a vendor either in Europe or the USA? Thanks!
Do you have a good recommendation of where to buy sun dried pelts? Most places I've looked up only sell tanned pelts or are completely sold out of sun dried pelts.
thanks for the great videos...keep them coming!!! guess I'm related to Rolo...I've been studying family history and want to learn more. Do we know who Rolo's family was/ where from/ history of??? I'm from Oregon, USA.
What is Rolo?
Any chance you could show how to stitch a pelt to a saddle? I’m tryna go full ragnar tho
Do you guys ever go to Wolin?
Love the intro song! What's the name of it?
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So where does a person get a sundried reindeer pelt. Want one fire camping. Please awncer.. Much appriciated
What about grimfrost reindeer pelts? Do you recommend them?
What are the odds of this cowboy viking being able to obtain a sun dried reindeer pelt ? I need a total of 5 for my family
There are some places in Norway/Sweden where you can get them without having to know a sami, hehe. www.granberggarveri.no/produkt/reinskinn-og-reinshorn/reinskinn-torka-simle This tanner sels them, al though I read on his page that they use a slightly more industrial approach thus we can't guarantee the quality =) We never buy any pels "unseen or untouched". I think you would have to come to Norway and pay the sami a visit. haha
It would be well if I could go there indeed. But, I'm unfortunately disabled (unable to travel). Can I buy a sun dried pelt from you, one that you know is "authentic" produced by the Sami ? Please let me know.
Does that chemical tanning problem apply to cow hides too?
I bought my reindeer pelt from a tourist shop in the north of Sweden about 8 years ago. So far I haven't had a problem with falling hair. However, it has recently started to smell bad. Like dog smell kind of. Does anyone know why that happen and how to get rid of the smell? I have called a local leather specialist and they told me it is possible to wash it in a washing machine (30 degrees, wool cycle, no centrifuge, flat dry) using a special detergent for leather. Is that really possible? Any ideas? I really love my reindeer skin and don't want to throw it away but the smell is getting quite bad. Please help!!!
Hi there. I was wondering if you have a contact for the reindeer skin's. I am a stoneage teacher for schools her in the UK. I specialise in Palo and Mesolithic living. I only use materials that would have been around during this time. We don't have raindeer in the uk. I don't like using chemical tanned skin but I have smoked the ones I use. Can you help me out if possible.
Any reputable place to buy one online?
So just sun drying it will preserve a pelt like this?
Yes, but it does not work on all pelts. Hang it on a string and leave the legs on for weight/stretch.
Ozark wanderer huh? I live in the Ozarks.
Will it work on sheepskins? And if I wanted to try to do it myself (I live in the U.S., so it's harder to find Sami here), what's the exact process? Does it involve soaking the skin in water or using salt to help flesh it, like I've seen other people do? Thanks!
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I wonder where you are filming all your videos, I think it is in norway but you are talking about the sami i hink about northen sweden? so plz answer my question!?
We live and film in Norway. Sami land stretches across Norway, Sweden and Finland (Russia)
okey thx :D But i live in sweden and in sweden the sami lande are majority in sweden.
What song is that?????!!!
I think Ingrid is singing it
Ingrid and Maria =) Songleikr - Hei Skål
how do you stay at your history farm ?
i mean how to apply?
There used to be an Air BnB at the farm, but not anymore. You can still join our hikes. Info is at our home page :)
Veit du kvar ein kan få kjøpt slike reinsdyrskinn til turbruk?
Thanks! Now I know I ´ve got the wrong reindeer skin... 😒
Oh, so sorry to hear that.
Time to hunt bear and take it's pelt *bring bow and traps*
Ooooh, hands on history viking guest house? Hmm, maybe the wife and I could go their for our 10th anniversary (in 9 years). Your business is gay friendly, right?
Very gay friendly indeed ;) You are most welcome!
Hands on History Awesome! I will add you to the bucket list!
A gay friendly Norseman, raiding the coastal villages in Europe and further a field, your having a laugh. 👬🌈