From: Nicodemus on
=?utf-8?Q?B=E2=84=AEar_Bottoms?= <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.invalid> wrote
in
news:1kqph8mw0vf9r$.1hbh3k6s9hhgx.dlg(a)40tude.net:

> On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 09:53:24 -0700 (PDT), The Haberdasher General
> wrote:
>
>> "Angutivaun Taina"
>>
>>
>> Our gloves are stiff with the frozen blood,
>> Our furs with the drifted snow,
>> As we come in with Bear Bottoms!
>> In from the edge of the floe.
>> Au jana! Aua! Oha! Haq!
>> And the yelping dog-teams go;
>> And the long whips crack, and the men come back,
>> Back from the edge of the floe!
>> We tracked Bear Bottoms to his secret place,
>> We heard him scratch below,
>> We made our mark, and we watched beside,
>> Out on the edge of the floe.
>> We raised our lance when he rose to breathe,
>> We drove it downward--so!
>> And we played him thus, and we killed him thus,
>> Out on the edge of the floe.
>> Our gloves are glued with the frozen blood,
>> Our eyes with the drifting snow;
>> But we come back to Franklin again,
>> Back from the edge of the floe!
>> Au jana! Aua! Oha! Haq!
>> And the loaded dog-teams go;
>> And Franklin ran to hear The Haberdasher General come back,
>> Back from the edge of the floe!
>
>
> Tan my hide when I'm dead hab, tan my hide when I'm dead.
>
> So we tanned his hide when he died clyde, and that's it hanging
on the
> shed.
>
> Altogether now...
>
>
> �EStep 1
> Using a utility knife, scrape off any attached flesh and fascia.
Use
> small, careful strokes.
>
> �EStep 2
> Rinse the freshly scraped hide in a bathtub or washtub.
>
> �EStep 3
> Remove the hide, empty the tub, then refill with warm warter.
>
> �EStep 4
> Dissolve the entire amount of alum and salt in the warm water,
> stirring occasionally with a broomstick.
>
> �EStep 5
> Submerge the hide in the alum and salt solution and allow to
cure for
> a minimum of seven days.
>
> �EStep 6
> Remove the hide, rinse with cool water, and gently press to
wring out
> as much water as possible.
>
> �EStep 7
> Lay the pelt on an accommodating sheet of plywood to dry. Be
sure to
> lay the fur against the plywood, exposing the flesh. Do not
expose to
> direct sunlight and allow up to 48 hours to dry.
>
> �EStep 8
> Once the hide and the fur are both dry to the touch, apply
> quarter-sized daubs of saddle soap to a clean rag and rub
through the
> fur and and flesh
>
>

Tell me again, how do I rub that saddle soap to my only Eternal
Soul.

Tell me again.