Hide tanning frame

Ho-Chunk woman tanning a buckskin. Typical dwellings (ciiporokes) are in the background.

I'm Greywolf (aka Philip Shallcrass). My main claim to fame (such as it is) is that I'm chief of the British Druid Order (BDO). I discovered Druidry in 1974, seeing it as a native British 'shamanic' spirituality. An Alexandrian Wiccan coven I joined in 1978 transformed into the Grove of the Badger as Druidry increasingly replaced Wicca in its rites. The end result was the BDO. Emma Restall Orr was joint chief of the Order with me from 1995 to 2002. I live in rural Wiltshire, not far from my…

The Yankee work ethic is alive and well on the Hewitt homestead.

Beaver Hide in a Frame In this post I will show you how to tan a beaver hide using the dry-scrape method so we can preserve the hair a...

Maybe one day I'll tan my own hide. My parents do own cattle, I will just have to see if I can get some next time they butcher one.

Decided to finish the bark tanned hide project. Technically, I could have let it be as it is now, it's tanned and won't spoil, but I'd like it to be a bit softer and lies down flatter. I'm sure the cat would agree with me, too. Goosey Lucy on the deer hide. The hollow deer hair is VERY warm, as this fat cat can testify. First of all, we make the dressing solution, if you don't have raw deer brains handy you can substitute with a mixture of 1/3 soap and 2/3 oils. 1/3 liquid soap (hand soap…

The tanning process is incredibly simple. With just a little ingenuity and elbow grease, almost anyone can tan their own deer hide.

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