traditional tanning

004- Learn to tan without chemicals! Jessie Watson Brown from the Oak and Smoke Tannery joins us to discuss bark tanning furs and teach us some of the ins and outs of traditional bark tanning. If you raise rabbits for meat, hunt small game, or know anyone else who hunts this episode is an essential tool in learning how to utilize the fur!

Warning: from here on you won't look at animals quite the same.... you'll be eyeing that roadkill rabbit on your way home from work wondering what you could turn it into!

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In this episode, we use traditional methods to make rawhide from an antelope skin.  We talk about many different uses for rawhide, and we use it to make a pictograph-inspired wall-hanging work of art.  

Learn to "tan" deer hides and other animal hides the traditional way- no synthetic or hazardous chemicals.  Sometimes called "brain tanning," the process of making traditional buckskin only requires a few easily obtainable items and a little bit of sweat.  In the end, you'll have one of the highest quality garment-making materials known to man.  If you're a hunter, and you hate seeing all of your deer hides go to waste, this is the answer.