recipe for natural black stain?

[Buckskinner]

Good to hear! I really had to look for them this year, finally came across a couple trees where the squirrels must have had their fill.  Didn't find many but should be enough for you to get a decent amount of stain out of them.

[GlisGlis]

Anyone ever use lamp black for stain? Can’t recall how we used to make it. Might have been lamp black and linseed oil.

you can use different oils. I also tryed used oil for frying.
Just put a wick into it and light it with a glass jar of water on top
Lamp black will start to deposit on the glass and you can scrape it off when cooled
A metal container is also good to let lamp black deposit onto. Usually I can collect lamp black out of the metal box I use to char cotton as fire tinder
to make a dye I guess you have to mix lamp black with hide glue or lineseed oil but still have to try it

[Hawkdancer]

Got the bulls ground up and slugging in a plastic bag in a warm spot!  Going to check to see what it looks like, might need more water!
Only knicked my finger twice removing the hulls!
Hawkdancer