I'm looking forward to this year's deer season and am close to having my .50 cal Haines load worked out. Anyhow, I don't want to waste the hide and am interested in getting leather from the hide. Do any of you know of a place (tannery?) that does a good job with this? Or do you do it yourself with good results? (I'd like to inform myself before potentially standing over the deer, thus the early inquiry.) Any productive info would be greatly appreciated.
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Seeking info on deer skin leather
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I used Jonas Brothers in Colorado once and they did a good job...but that was 40 years ago for my very first deer. Not sure if they do tanning anymore. I see they still run a taxidermy studio though.
Why not check with a few local taxidermists?
Why not check with a few local taxidermists?
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What do you want to do with the leather. Brain tanning takes about three days, 2-3 hours on the first,1 hour or so on the second,4-8 hours on the third. Alum tanning takes about a week looks like brain tan but not as soft. lot less work inferior outcome. yes you could do it your self,time consuming but no great skill required.
Well, the first thing you need to do is put away your knife after the initial cuts - and peel the hide off using knife as little as possible - score up the hide and you won't get much leather -
Deerskins to Buckskins is a great video that will take you through the steps of wet scraping a hide to smoking it and the end product is rewarding
Deerskins to Buckskins is a great video that will take you through the steps of wet scraping a hide to smoking it and the end product is rewarding
thanks for the info, guys; I'll check into that video...always helps to see it vice reading only. Thanks for the google searches also, but I had done that before posting...there are numerous places, and perhaps my posted question was not as clear as it should have been...I was wondering if you used a specific place such as a tannery or deer processor, who did you have good experience with and get a good product back. As for tenngun's question what I intend to do with the leather... make ball/shot pouches, once I get enough, perhaps a shirt?...so I would like the leather soft.
It will take you 3or4 skins to make a shirt.
As to a tannery I've never used one.If they do chrome salt tanning you can get a soft skin,but over the years there has been a move on reenactors part to decrease modern chrome skins.
I have never done bark tanning,although it was common in the old days. Alum tan was only found near alum sorces,I don't know how much was moved around.
Please dont thing I'm being snoby.Istarted out with yellow chrome skins,and my regular winter coats are frontier inspired yellow deer skin.
As to a tannery I've never used one.If they do chrome salt tanning you can get a soft skin,but over the years there has been a move on reenactors part to decrease modern chrome skins.
I have never done bark tanning,although it was common in the old days. Alum tan was only found near alum sorces,I don't know how much was moved around.
Please dont thing I'm being snoby.Istarted out with yellow chrome skins,and my regular winter coats are frontier inspired yellow deer skin.
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