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Minuteman:
I agree with the tater tot king.  ;)I learned I didn't want to brain tan hides from that book. My job is hard enough on my hands and couldn't see hurting myself that much more. Thats why I bark tan.Skin, flesh, buck, soak in bark juice for two months, break and yer done. Still work but not as much.

Caveman:
mman, that last site you gave me was tons better. it actually went in depth. thanks

Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,5972.0.html

here is a tan along a did a while back.  its a very easy process but still lots of elbow grease. - Ryan

Easternarcher:

--- Quote from: Hillbilly on January 17, 2009, 01:08:24 pm ---There is no instant gratification in hide tanning. It's hard work, lots of it. But the end results are worth it if you stick it out. The process of braintanning is way too involved to get into in a post. I think there's a couple tan-alongs on here somewhere. If you want to learn to make buckskin, the first thing I would suggest is to order a copy of Matt Richard's book Deerkins into Buckskins, read it all the way through about ten times, then get some hides and start playing.

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RIGHT ON HILLBILLY!

I just did a mink pelt with Alum tanning......Even that was chore enough!! Breaking that hide takes time. I almost tore it in half too!
I dread breaking the buckskin I got waiting for me. ::)

Minuteman:
I've got 4 bark tanned deer skins almost done. I don't relish the work involved in breaking those either. :'(
 Just finished acid tanning a cat skin last week , turned out great.

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