[Northkeep] deer hide tanning

[Horn, Trisha D.]

Diamaid,
Would you happen to know if the kits will preserve the hair or not? I'd like
to keep it, if possible.
Raghnailt

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Marc Carlson [SMTP:marccarlson20 at hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Monday, November 17, 2003 09:36
> To:	northkeep at ansteorra.org
> Subject:	RE: [Northkeep] deer hide tanning
> 
> There are all sorts of options, really.  The easiest and safest thing to
> do 
> at this point is to either keep the thing frozen/freeze the new one until 
> you can go seek out some of those tanning kits and follow those
> directions.
> 
> Second option is to stake it out and scrape the inside of the hide of all 
> fat amd meat bits, then salt it and let it dry.
> 
> You could find a closed shack and stretch the scraped hide over a smokey 
> wood fire for a 1-5 hours.  If you use the brains of the animal to tann, 
> what you are doing is a form of oil curing in addition to the smoke
> tanning. 
>   The oil keeps the skin pliable, while the oxidising of the oil is also 
> partly tanning the leathe, as well as the aldehyde tannage of the smoking.
> 
> If you want a good, period vegetable tannage, I'm afraid that's a bit more
> 
> troublesome.
> 
> BTW, there are NO parts of any of these processes that don't reek.  The
> hide 
> will stink, you will stink, and you will probably ruin whatever clothes
> you 
> are wearing.
> 
> Also take a look at http://www.nativetech.org/tanning/tanning.html
> 
> Marc/Diarmaid
> 
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