Tanning A Hide - Part 1

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Uploaded by on Nov 17, 2009

Join us as we look at some of the techniques of tanning a hide. We will use a piece from the cow that we prepped a few weeks back.

http://www.yhwhswordoffaith.com/WAS/Survival.htm

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  • Just curious, wouldn't the mayo/egg mixture soak into the hide quicker if you didn't soak it in water first? How about coating the dry hide with the mayo/egg, then lay it between plastic trash bags,tarp,etc. then put a piece of plywood on top with some extra weight to compress it/keep air out. Just a theory, no offence.

  • @JeffSal999 No offense taken Bro.. Try it and let us know :) I'm always interested in learning!

  • It's the oils in the mayo that tans the hide.. Ultimately you need to coat and saturate each fiber with oils.. so anything that would be almost pure oil would work. Chemicals in the egg helps the oils soak in

  • If you didnt have access to a ziplock bag, can you just skip that step and move onto the next step? The native Americans didnt have ziplock bags, I assume they moved went to the next step instead? I mean, can you do that? It wont make the result less than how it ends up when you DO let the hide sit in a sealed, airless bag?

  • @ABrotherOfThor Natives would have put the hide is a bucket/basket and covered it with damp leaves or a damp piece of material. This would serve the same purpose. Of course.. IF the natives had zip-locks.. they probably would have used them :)

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  • i can gut and skin deer fish and squirls all day and it wouldnt bother me but the site of mayonnise makes me sick

  • as a fellow brother in Christ and outdoors man i just wanted to say GOD BLESS YOU GUYS!!!! you guys help keep traditions alive!

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  • does it have to be real mayo

  • learn how to sharpen a knife

    

  • @BushcraftOnFire Okay, I thank you for your time. I am sorry for the inconvenience. :)

  • @EvilSasuke12223

    If you have salted it.. you need to get the salt off. Rinse it as quickly as possible.. and DONT soak it. You may or may not have hair slippage.

  • @BushcraftOnFire Dang well is there anything I can do to try and prevent this? I don't want to mess it up cause it's my first deer kill, I also feel better about doing it my self. So I don't want to take it to a taxidermy.

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