Buckskin Mountain is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada . The elevation is 8,724 feet (2,659 m).
4-495: Buckskin Mountain was named for the fact the summit has the color of buckskin . A variant name was "Buckskin Peak". 41°47′22″N 117°33′11″W / 41.78944°N 117.55306°W / 41.78944; -117.55306 This Humboldt County , Nevada state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Buckskin (leather) Buckskin is
8-457: Is thought to be preferable to vegetable tanning methods where tannins are exclusively used. The finished product resembles chamois leather , but is stronger. Smoking gives to the leather its durability, and although Buckskin may become slightly stiff when it dries after being wet, it quickly restores itself to its former soft-state by rubbing it with the hands. The application of wood smoke also deters insects from devouring it. Unsmoked buckskin
12-424: The raw hide with the brain tissue of an animal. Afterwards, the raw hide is made to envelope a fire that emits wood smoke , and where the smoke is mostly trapped inside the raw hide for many hours. The combined application of brain tissue and smoke produces soft and pliable buckskin leather, with a dark honey color. This treatment differs from the traditional tanning methods used in other societies and cultures and
16-420: The soft, pliable, porous preserved hide of an animal – usually deer – tanned in the same way as deerskin clothing worn by Native Americans . Some leather sold as "buckskin" may now be sheepskin tanned with modern chromate tanning chemicals and dyed to resemble real buckskin. Traditionally, Native American Indians would scrape away the excessive fat clinging to the hide, and this would be followed by working
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