Deer hide

Turn a deer hide into soft, supple buckskin with your own two hands. We walk you through the brain tanning method of how to tan a hide.

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

Whether you’re making buckskin or a deer hide blanket, this method is the fastest and easiest way to tan a deer hide.

Tanning hides is an ancient craft that has been practiced for thousands of years. It involves the process of transforming raw animal skins into durable and

Joe O'Leary on Instagram: “A fallow deer skin catching the sun during a hide working workshop a couple of years ago. Making a soft, smokey buckskin each over the two…”

Thousands upon thousands of deer hides are getting thrown away by hunters every fall. These hides don't necessarily go to waste, as other species will enjoy feeding on them one way or another. But why don't WE use all of the animal we kill? Most hunters would love to tan hides, but they simply do not know how or don't have the time. This time of year I am busy heading to folks' houses collecting the hides they saved for me, happy to see them be used by someone who will appreciate them and…

According to an old wives’ tale, every animal has enough brain matter to tan its own hide. While the amateur tanner may not embrace that technique, rest

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…

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