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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Until next time…
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