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Friday, June 25, 2021

How to Tan a Hide

After hunting or processing livestock for the table, it's a shame to have to toss out a nice pelt. Here is a method of tanning hides that is low cost and low labor compared to other methods of “custom tanning.” I've personally used this system to tan sheepskins, deerskins, groundhog pelts, rabbit hides and goat skins. The procedure can be used for all kinds of mammal pelts when you want the fur to remain on the skin. It results in a soft, workable hide, which can be used as is or cut up for sewing projects.
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6 comments:

  1. CoffeypotJune 25, 2021 at 3:37 PM

    My dad used a belt to tan my hide. Often! But I was innocent. INNOCENT I tell ya.

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    1. AnonymousJune 25, 2021 at 4:49 PM

      We had to cut a suitable limb from a tree or bush, strong but supple. If it didn't make that nice 'whip' sound, back to the woods....

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    2. AnonymousJune 25, 2021 at 5:50 PM

      My old man had one of those straps for sharpening straight razors, about 3inches wide and half inch or so thick, man that strap stung like a mother fucker. I was usually guilty of whatever I was getting my ass tore up for though so.....
      It was a whole different world back then
      JD

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  2. Jimmy SoulJune 25, 2021 at 4:46 PM

    I've got a Gibson
    without a case

    But I can't get that
    even tanned look on my face

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  3. SarthurkJune 25, 2021 at 5:17 PM

    Ahh, to be 30 years younger. . .

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  4. TsquaredJune 25, 2021 at 9:18 PM

    For deer hides we used to use the brains to soften it up after it had been salted and dried.

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