For many thousands of years, people have been using this skill.
For those who raise domestic animals or harvest wild animals for meat, many choices are available. For us, we like to use as much of the animal as we possibly can, and not let anything go to waste. While some may just kill an animal for their horns, or to take the choicest cuts of meat, and let the rest go to waste, I prefer to use all that I can. Part of that mindset includes using the hides or pelts, which is why I am learning how to tan them.
MY EDUCATION BEGINS
Since I have hunted some deer in recent times and also helped some neighbors harvest some of their goats, I've got some skins to work with. On multiple occasions I've been able to learn some skills by helping others when they harvest and process an animal, and on multiple occasions the other people have had no intention of trying to do anything with the skins. Being eager to see things like these as resources and as opportunities to learn a new skill, I've taken advantage of the situations.
For a while now I've been researching online and gathering supplies. With a few of the skins I've been attempting a few different tanning processes. I'll feature some of them in upcoming posts and telling you how each of the processes worked out for me, but I was hoping for some suggestions too.
I've still got some deer skins and goat hides that I'd like to try some procedures on. One of the methods that I've already been working on came from Mother Earth News and another from Way Out West Blow-in blog. The ones that I found seemed to be simple and easy enough for a beginner like me. I still want to try brain tanning and some other methods, so I was hoping that if any of you had any good methods to suggest that you could recommend them. Feel free to share any links to any tanning procedures that you are aware of in the comment section below too.
So far I've rather enjoyed the process and I'm hoping that some of these ancient skills will be able to be mastered and retained by me in the near future. No one knows what will happen in the future, so I'd rather be prepared and capable just in case. I know that some people think that stuff like this can be a lot of work, but I think that life in general can be a lot of work, so I don't mind attempting to invest my time and energy in things like this. Thanks in advance for any procedures or tips that you might give me!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
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Can't wait to see the processes you learned.
I know some ancient Nigerian methods as well, hopefully you've read about it as well and will write about it, or maybe you don't.
I'll be glad anyway to join the learning process as well and add some things I know along the way.
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Interesting. I wonder how the ancient Nigerians did it.
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This is very nice,everything we can use,if we want to do it.including all animal skins.
Thanks @papa-pepper,You have shared knowledge again.
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My father use to do this when I was so you in the village but I never considered it so special stuff. But now that I know that natural leather products is good and economically rewarding I wish I pay attention then.
From some of what I learnt online. There are natural and chemical methods. I think will Peter the natural so I got this for you among the numerous ones. https://m.wikihow.com/Make-Leather-Naturally
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Thanks!
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This is best done by professionals. Check out the nearest Tanning Spa.
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😂😂😂
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Okay, "Tanning Spa..." I'll google that. Thanks Dad!
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Sukses Master
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Here is a playlist from jnull0, he is a mountain of a man with the knowledge and the willingness to share and admit when he messes up.
And if you message him he will respond!
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Ah yes, is this the guy that you mentioned to me before? Thanks @weetreebonsai!
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Yes this is the same one. Your welcome!
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This should be interesting. I remember skinning some rabbits growing up. Preparing the hides with Alum then stretching them out but never tried tanning. Will be reading with interest.
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Thank you for sharing information @papa-pepper
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I've been involved in skinning as a way of slaughtering animal especially cattle for human consumption. The skin after being removed are further tanned by specialist for leather production.
Further study will be carried out and questions will be asked from those we send the skin to for me to improve my knowledge of tanning and probably help you sir!
Before that, you can find this link helpful
https://goo.gl/9pJ2wV
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Thank you @avowal!
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I also don't know much about this, but I believe I will learn something new today about Not wasting some animal products
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Read on for two methods for tanning a hide: a traditional method that requires using the animal's natural brain oils and a quicker chemical method.
you can read through this link sir.
https://goo.gl/oQBWwf
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Currently most of the skin is made of cowhide. Goat, sheep, and deer skins are also used to produce more tender and higher valued ingredients. Reindeer skin is used as a glove in temperate climates. Other animal skins are pig skin, buffalo, crocodile, dog, snake, kangaroo, and large ungas like ostriches. Cool @papa-pepper
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Very nice picture
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Best of luck papa, I tried to tan my deer hide last year and its alot more harder then it looks then in a YouTube video lol. Can't wait yo see how good you get at it.
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Yeah, some of that stuff on YouTube looks way easier than it really is. We will see.
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came back on steemit after a long time so glad to see this informative blogs in the beginning.
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I never knew this. but after I read, the first step you should do is
So sorry just a little i can share,,,
But thanks for sharing this papa,,,
So i can know about this,,, although just a little,,, :)
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animal skin is something that most often we find in everyday life, especially in the manufacture of handmade products.talking about goat skin, this skin is also included is very easy to come by.goat skin is usually processed into carpets or handmade products such as bags, shoes and jackets.only this from me, I hope useful
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good work @papa-pepper, good luck
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What i don't know
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Nothing is a waste. I know here in Nigeria, during the ancient times, they do this very well. It would be fun to see you get the process Papa and see what you do with them. I will ask around too.
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Have you asked @armadilloman if he can give you a few pointers ?
I imagine a leather artisan like him might know how to make leather too. though it's no guarantee of course.
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Not a bad idea. Also, I couldn't see how to get your encrypted address, so could you maybe send it to me via steem.chat or discord?
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Have a look at Skillcult on Youtube for brain and bark tanning.
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I'll be watching this series closely. I have done some trapping in the past and comfortable with the skinning, stretching and drying process but have always just send the hide away to someone else for the tanning process.
The acids or brains required for the tannin procedures I've read about seamed a bit confusing and delicate for me, but it should be simple enough, it's mostly just soaking and drying for different time periods.
Good luck.
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Guess I will learn after you learn and post it here! I am not sure what folks here do with the hides.
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I was going to suggest brain tanning. I was watching on TV and an old trapper was saying that the brain of an animal has everything you need to tan it's hide. I'm not expert from just watching but it looked as simple as boiling the animals brain in water and then painting the hide with the liquid after you have it stretched and scraped. I've been told it's important to get any tissue scraped off of the hide. To stretch the hides they had a sheet of plywood with concentric rings painted on it to use as a guide. They used small nails to tack the hide to the plywood in a circle and stretch it.
I did help skin some muskrats once but we didn't tan them. They were just scraped, dried and stretched on a board. The people that I was helping with the muskrats did get some of their other hides tanned (deer hides and such) but unfortunately they had them done commercially so I can't tell you much.
Another friend is a taxidermist and was doing some tanning. They used a store bought tanning solution that I brought from town. I believe you just painted it on, again after stretching and scraping the hide.
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thank you very smart of you @papa-pepper! keep learning new thinks "A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience."
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I am following this journey with interest. I have never tanned hides but I remember once when I was very young my granddad attempted some tanning. I don't recall if he was successful or not. It could be a very useful skill to learn...
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Great informative news. it's very didactic. excellent post.
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I am the same way. We have butchered our meat rabbits for years and I always thought it was such a waste to just get rid of the firs. Depending on the year, we can have quite a few and this year I am definitely going to try it. I have heard of some of the methods, like brain tanning, and I will be looking forward to your results for which ones work best. Best of Luck!
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Thanks for sharing educational post...
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This is definitely worth learning, @papa-pepper!
My Dad, who grew up on a farm in Virginia, was certainly able to do this (my brother still wears a pair of moccasins he made), but I usually had my nose in a book, so I didn't pick up this skill when he was still around. How I wish I had paid attention!
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My maw used to tan my hid when I was kid.
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Hello @papa-pepper , very good work! I enjoy k Your posts Keep working well! I always read your nice content in Steemit! :)
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only tanning of hides i have practice in was my back side. when the old man brought the belt out!
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Takes a tremendous amount of work to get a hide worth having... I'd have to find my old research on it but the brains in each animal if used properly was sufficient to cure the hide. Second is a major about of scraping and beating the hide out faithfully each and every day! The cheating way to do this is a few small blocks of firewood and a dryer that no longer heats jus spins and then finish what it missed. There's a few it's an bits I've figured out but I have to get scratching to remember.
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I have about 100 rabbit hides in my freezer... Waitin..... I hope to work,on them this spring... But ive said that 3 years in a row.
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