Natural Deerskin Tanning Workbook: Garment Quality Leather From Wet-Scrape Brain Tanning - Paperback

Quickly learn the ancient art of brain tanned leather making! This deerskin tanning workbook provides detailed photographs of each step and gives you easy to follow instructions for taking a raw deerskin and turning it into soft leather using natural methods. No chemicals necessary! The workbook shows the simple and inexpensive tools you can make yourself, and gives key tips for what to do when, and how to avoid mistakes most beginners make. If you are interested in quickly learning the ancient art of brain tanning leather, this is the workbook for you. The wet-scrape method is the simplest of the brain tanning methods, and if need be much of the process can be done in cool or wet weather. Join the ranks of hundreds of generations of people that learned to make soft, breathable, and non-toxic leather for clothing and footwear using ingredients from the animal, and simple homemade tools.