Avoid putting holes in a hide by tanning hides with salt, and learn how to tan a hide naturally for valuable leather goods to use around the homestead. Every rural carnivore knows that home-raised ...

Long before factories manufactured denim for blue jeans, clothes were made from animal hides treated with emulsified oils and wood smoke. Animal brains were a popular source for the emulsified oils, ...

It’s gun deer hunting season in Wisconsin. Some hunters are not only thinking harvesting the meat, but the hides too. Tanning is top of mind, all the time, for a women-owned business in rural ...

Ruby Sweetman carries on the tradition of teaching hide tanning to students in Lac La Biche From mukluks and moccasins to teepees and ceremonial headgear, moose skins are at the heart of many ...