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Smoked hide making me cry

 
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I just smoked my first buckskin today. And I can't keep it anywhere in my house without it smelling like a bad campfire. It actually makes me teary eyed. I used ash punkwood if that matters any.
Outside isnt a great option being subzero right now, so can I oil it to capture the smell? I know i shouldn't wash freshly smoked buckskin. Any ideas?
 
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Since it has been several days since you posted this have you been able to get the smoke smell out?

Did smoking it make it softer or was there another reason to smoke the hide?

This article might help:

https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Smoke-Odor-Out-of-Leather
 
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I'd try putting it into a bag full of clean, dry biochar and leaving it for a couple of weeks.

Oiling or waxing might seal in the smoke smell, but then you've got oiled and/or waxed leather and there's no turning back from that state.
 
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