Does anyone else here tan their own hides and furs?
I've been tanning hides since learning from my grandfather after my very first successful hunting trip, everything to deer hides to squirrel pelts. Some of my very first were bark tanned using boiled white oak bark solution, and in my teens I started braintanning. I like the philosophy of using the entire animal and the idea of throwing away good leather is disgusting to me. Its alot of hard work, but to my mind a home tanned hide or pelt is something to be proud of![]()
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