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Historic Gourd Craft: How to Make Traditional Vessels

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All this said is clean and cut the gourd. Her use of cloth that was a little hard to make or buy at the time of the pioneers instead of leather from the animals they ate or rope was incomprihensible to me as is the use of shoe laces when leather (or rope) is very easy to come by at your local craft store, DIY or on line. I'm sure that homesteaders in the middle of Kansas had sea shells to clean out the gourds too as she sugests using. How about flint? I don't suggest using her methods of cleaning out gourds at all though, since it's an incredably hard job even with modern tools. You can still get the look of vintage items and save your hands in the process. I use a wire brush that is supposed to attach to a drill (I just hold it) and then I use sand paper in various grits depending on how smooth the inside surface needs to be. Bottom line, you can see all of the items she makes on the cover and unless you are actually holding classes on how the pioneers did it, I wouldn't bother opening the book. If you are really into the primative look, check out gourds made by some of the people in Africa, or South America. Much more interesting and decorative.