Tanning

[amazonjim]

Need some help on tanning mixtures and procedures

[Skipmaster1]

What kind of tanning are you looking to do? What hides to you want to tan? What are you looking to make?

[David Yukon]

In the last TBM, there is an article that look good, simple, cheep. that said, I don't know enough about tanning to say if it is actually any good!
Cheers

[Skipmaster1]

Here are a few links on brain tanning
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=099224

[Skipmaster1]

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=104421#000007

[manitou1]

Google WASCO (Wildlife Artist Supply Company) or Taxidermy.net.  There are many tanning solutions... just keep in mind they (the hides)will be stiff unless you have a "squaw" to chew them! LOL.  You will have to break them if you want them soft.  Best bet for a blanket soft tan is to send it off to a professional tannery (google them too) and for about $35.00, you can have a butter soft hide.

[Skipmaster1]

Brain tanning leaves them butter soft as well and much more durable than comercially tanned hides.

[Matt Fowler]

I just finished 3 hides using eggs and following Matt Richards Deerskins into Buckskins book. Worked out good, I am real happy with the results, just have to smoke the hides now. My first piece of clothing will be a loincloth:)

[Roadkill]

If not brain tanning, manitou has the path to success.  Tanning is work, pure, simple and rewarding.  But it is work