Cover Image Property of PUBLISHER
This image was scanned from the M. Leigh Martin personal library collection

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • HOME TANNING: PRO & CON
    • Uses
    • What You'll Need
    • Tanning or "Tawing"?
    • Leather or Fur?
    • Selecting the Hide
  • TANNING FUR:
    • Steps to Tanning Fur
    • Test for Tanning
    • Formulas for Tanning Fur Skins
  • TANNING LEATHER:
    • The Fifteen Steps
    • Formulas for Loosening Hair Roots
    • To Tan Sole Leather
    • Indian Buckskin
    • Tanning Snakeskin
  • TREATMENT FOR LEATHER AND FURS:
    • 1. Dyeing Leather
    • 2. Dyeing Furs
    • 3. Preserving Leather
    • Waterproofing Shoes
    • To Deodorize Furs
  • Two Very Old Tanning Recipes
  • Sources for Chemicals, Materials, Tools
  • WORKING WITH LEATHER:
          by Steve Edwards
    • LEATHER GOODS FROM HOME-TANNED LEATHER:
            Introduction
            Qualities of Leather
            Hand Tools
            Basic Handworking Techniques
            Obtaining Tools & Supplies
    • PROJECTS & PATTERNS:
            Leather Projects
            Fur Projects
  • INDEX

Title: Tan Your Hide! Home Tanning Leathers & Furs; Special Section on Working With Leather
Author/Designer:
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1977
Publisher: Garden Way Publishing, Charlotte, VT
Language: English
Page Count: 135
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0882661019

SUMMARY- I played around with tanning rabbit furs one summer when I was a kid(we had domestic rabbits we raised for meat, and I thought it a waste to discard the pelts). This was the book I got from the library to learn how to do it. My results weren't what I'd envisioned, but I didn't have the tools or many of the chemicals recommended and I had to make do with the descriptions of the more primitive methods. The book does take you step by step through the processes and explains the steps clearly. I think if I'd had better tools, I'd have done a better job! It was still interesting work, and even knowing how labor-intensive it is, I'd try my hand at it again.