1st tanning job

[steveo007]

always wanted to try tanning a hide, so came across a nice clean fresh road kill raccoon.
took him home skinned & fleshed him then into the freezer. This was a spur of the moment
I had no way t tan hide. Ordered me a home tanning kit from The Tannery Inc. mainly cuz
it was pretty simple no harsh chemicals,just a mixture of tanning crytals dissolved in waer
wit flower added then dried,adding tanning oil, then sanding and working the hide, Heres some pics.

 

[Lungpopper]

Perfect for a hat.

 

[ilovesprig]

Steve,

Next time I see you. I suspect you'll look like Davy Crockett........lol..........Nice work.

 

[TaftHunter]

That's awesome!

 

[msteiger]

When I was in Boy Scouts, we tanned hides with the animals' brains. I don't remember exactly, but we sort of mixed the brains in hot water and then worked that into the hide with a stick and a knife. It's the way people did it before they had internets and chemistry.

They even had a pithy little saying: "Every animal has enough brains to tan its own hide."

 

[Drewski2324]

Looks great! I have always wanted to try that.

 

[Bonejour]

That's a lot of work, even for a small hide. Great job.