Tanned/preserved a few more hides

From left from right...... small female, large male, large male.....Split belly ones are good for the man cave couch or coffee table but the closed ones look better as wall hangers.https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4812/...8ff33d56_c.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7832/...a9d8c0fb_c.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7914/...3ffb35ce_c.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7816/...5d9bcdfe_c.jpg

Very nice, they look good!!

Those look great Fratri. I'd love to try and make a pair of mitts out of those:)

Hey Frank, where do you find the time, if you're not killin um, your curing um...lol

Very cool :thumbup:

Looks great Frank. Are you using the orange bottle stuff or lutanF?

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Originally Posted by dilly

Looks great Frank. Are you using the orange bottle stuff or lutanF?

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Neither, just an alum tan..... about 2.5lbs of salt, 1/2lb alum mixed with 3 gallons of water.....let it sit in it for about a week, stirring it up occasionally.... Take it out, wash it then hang to dry..... As it is drying, I am sure you know this but for those that don't.....the more you work it the softer it will become..... If you don't work it, the leather portion does not get very soft but the fur side does feel really soft and with a good wash, and some downy.....smells really nice :)

Very nice

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Originally Posted by fratri

Neither, just an alum tan..... about 2.5lbs of salt, 1/2lb alum mixed with 3 gallons of water.....let it sit in it for about a week, stirring it up occasionally.... Take it out, wash it then hang to dry..... As it is drying, I am sure you know this but for those that don't.....the more you work it the softer it will become..... If you don't work it, the leather portion does not get very soft but the fur side does feel really soft and with a good wash, and some downy.....smells really nice :)

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Thanks for the info. Did you sand and/or oil the leather side during the breaking period

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Originally Posted by dilly

Thanks for the info. Did you sand and/or oil the leather side during the breaking period

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Not any of these, but the one I have at work hanging in my office I did sand it and it is soft, I mean really soft, it came out excellent.... That is the one I show off to all of my non-hunting friends.... Maybe over the summer I will take these out onto the back porch and sand them too, but for now they are good just the way they are...

My thoughts exactly...

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Originally Posted by bdog

Hey Frank, where do you find the time, if you're not killin um, your curing um...lol

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Just throwing this out there.. A stickied thread at the top of small game where people (fratri is mainly who in thinking of) can post step by step full process for preserving hides, people can put in tips and tricks, different ways they do it, ask questions, yadda yadda. Would be really cool and appreciated. Juuuust sayinnnnn

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Very nice Frank!

I'm half-way through the process on a deer. I'm following this guide: https://www.fieldandstream.com/how-to-tan-a-deer-hide

I tried the brain tan/smoke technique a couple of years ago and it came out stiff as a board (and I spent hours working the hide!). Hoping for better results this time.