Can these be died in a walnut dip? Would this be out of sorts for the longhunter?
Back to your original thread topic...sure you
may dye them with walnut dip. As for the longhunter, that depends...yes they could've had brown dyed breeches... but what else?
Not all longhunts were year long adventures, nor were they the epic two year adventure of Daniel Boone either. So, is brown the best color?
For example, in the forests under the canopy, in spring and summer, dull green, gray, tan, brown, dark brown, or black would work well. But in spring, with no walnuts around, how did you dye your cloth? Were they saved over the winter, or would you have used something else and had a different color? If it's November, and the majority of the leaves are brown and coming down, and you plan to hunt over the winter...and they did get snow on the longhunts... then gray and black are better colors, and those white-ish or light gray breeches are not so bad.
I think Mario was trying to point out that you don't have to settle for brown to be correct. And I'd say too many folks doing a hunter impression, whether longhunter or station hunter etc do too much walnut brown...I think Mario might agree.
I have seen Staghorn Sumac leaves used in an iron pot, and got a medium gray. Now it was October, so I don't know if the leaves react differently in the Spring or early summer, but the leaves would be available long before fresh Walnut or Butternut fruit would be around for dying. That's one example...
So maybe on your next pair of breeches, or other cloth item if you are going to natural dye them... you might explore what's available, growing near to where you live, and see what sort of colors you can get. You might find an interesting color, and you'd learn something in the process.
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