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Saturday, 10 March 2012

A Waterproofing Recipe Of The 18th Century.

Please Note: This is the original text from the book which I scanned, so it is in 18th century script. The small s looks a little like the lower case f but it only has a stroke at the back of the letter, not right through it like the f.








Taken from "An Essay On Shooting" 1789 Edition.

Shoes and moccasins.



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14 comments:

  1. Gorges Smythe10 March 2012 at 20:58

    I saved the recipe for future reference. Thanks for posting it.

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  2. Unknown10 March 2012 at 22:00

    Gotta love that medial S they used. I have no idea what they were thinking back then. No doubt something perfectly sensible that no longer matters.

    Great post Le Loup! With waterproofed envy...

    Craig Meade
    pioneerhandbooks.blogspot.com

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  3. Keith10 March 2012 at 22:40

    Good one Gorges, & you are very welcome.
    Keith.

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  4. Keith10 March 2012 at 22:41

    Thank you Craig.
    Keith.

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  5. Carrie Fancett Pagels11 March 2012 at 12:51

    Thanks so much for this great post!!! I can use this info in my writing.

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  6. Keith11 March 2012 at 14:42

    Hi Carrie. There is nothing that spoils a story more for someone who knows about period life, than the wrong information. I have often read accounts of fire lighting in the story & known that it would not have worked.
    With the correct information you can manipulate your story, because you not only know what it takes to make something work properly, but you also know how you can make something fail.
    Keith.

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  7. Ingrid11 March 2012 at 22:25

    My Grandfather in Germany use the same recipe for Waterproofing his Boots and Shoes. Pretty neat.:)

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  8. Keith12 March 2012 at 00:23

    Ingrid, very neat, & interesting. Thanks for the feedback.
    Regards, Keith.

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  9. buddeshepherd12 March 2012 at 20:07

    It sounds a lot like Hubbard's Shoe Grease, which was once made near where I live.
    Wonder why the fellow wrote with a lisp? War injury?

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  10. PaoloinUAE7 August 2012 at 15:59

    I've tried on my new cow knee and it quite surprising how well it works.

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  11. Keith7 August 2012 at 16:11

    Good one Paolo, thank you for the feedback.
    Regards, Keith.

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  12. Archivist77731 August 2014 at 15:42

    The 's' being mentioned is a holdover from written calligraphy. It was a special character used to make writing a double 's' quicker and easier for the scribe to write. As the author mentioned, it is not an 'f', but a special character, which, when examined closely is different from an 'f'.

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  13. Unknown5 March 2017 at 18:43

    Tallow? Beef fat?

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  14. Keith5 March 2017 at 19:24

    Unknown. Tallow is melted & cleaned animal fat, it could be anything, but I believe the original definition of tallow was indeed beef or mutton fat rendered & cleaned.
    Regards, Keith.

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