Avoid putting holes in a hide by tanning hides with salt, and learn how to tan a hide naturally for valuable leather goods to use around the homestead. Every rural carnivore knows that home-raised ...

My introduction to tanning was also a bit of a shock, and yours will be likewise. Nothing I can tell you will truly prepare you for working with a fresh-off-the-sheep hide. I’ll simply put it on ...

For more about the history of tanning, traditional tanning tools and ... big-game animals were not discarded by hunters. The hide was saved and processed into indispensable items.