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In several period documents the writer references the use of eel skin, natives used it to tie up their scalp locks and natives and frontiersmen used it for leg ties. I have looked before and never found any, does any one know a source for suitable eel skin????
There are several videos on tanning Fish Skin, I would imagine eel would be done the same way. It would be interesting to try!
I have read that Shark skin was used to final sand fine would for furniture.

Here is a video on Bark Tanning fish:

 
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