anyone here into hide/brain tanning? i started doing this maybe three/four years ago, and its begun to turn into a full time hobby as the more i do it the more people keep giving me their dead animal skins and texting me about road kill in my area.
after my friend gave me some lessons, i started off doing some roadkill raccoons and squirrels and some sheep skins my big sister raised...since then i've tanned and made some really nice furs from goats, deer, an otter, a beaver, half a caribou, possum, some rabbits, house cat, skunk, ground hogs and a whole bunch of raccoons...
lately i've been getting more into trying to make crafts with all these hides..recently made a skunk hat and a deerfur hat, and a banjo using a possum hide, and would like to eventually make some buckskin pants.
anyone else on here do this stuff? lets trade ideas, techniques and pictures!
after my friend gave me some lessons, i started off doing some roadkill raccoons and squirrels and some sheep skins my big sister raised...since then i've tanned and made some really nice furs from goats, deer, an otter, a beaver, half a caribou, possum, some rabbits, house cat, skunk, ground hogs and a whole bunch of raccoons...
lately i've been getting more into trying to make crafts with all these hides..recently made a skunk hat and a deerfur hat, and a banjo using a possum hide, and would like to eventually make some buckskin pants.
anyone else on here do this stuff? lets trade ideas, techniques and pictures!