tanning products

[bob1961]

i just got done looking in the links section and couldn't find any place that sells tanning products and solutions....i want to have some supplys on hand when or if i get a deer this year :v ...............bob

 

[rabjr]

Cabelas?

 

[rabjr]

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...arentType=index&parentId=cat280001&id=0006573

 

[Twisted_1in66]

i just got done looking in the links section and couldn't find any place that sells tanning products and solutions....i want to have some supplys on hand when or if i get a deer this year :v ...............bob

Hi White Buffalo,

Check out these guys: Traditional Tanners . They have everything you need if you want to do brain-tan (gives you the softest most flexible tan), and also stuff for bark tanning, which will give you a harder leather. I got the scraper from them along with Matt Richards' book Deerskins into Buckskins (vol. 2). They're in Oregon and their shipping is a bit steep, but priority mail got it from Oregon on Friday to my door in Virginia on Monday, so it's plenty quick enough. They also have HUGE amounts of information on tanning various hides with various methods on their web site. Great informational site!

Twisted_1in66 :thumbsup:

 

[paulvallandigham]

do a search for Tandy Leather. They sell their own product that works. They have stores all over the country, and they can tell you where the nearest outlet is to you. Mine is about 90 miles away in Springfield, Il.

 

[Homesteader]

If you get a deer this year you'll have all the supplies you need right there. I've tanned quite a few hides, and there's nothing like braintan. Lotta work, but worth it.

Every deer has enough brains to tan its own hide!

:grin:

A couple of times, though, when I didn't want to go to the trouble of cracking the skull or just plain wanted to salt the hide and wait a while, I just went to the grocery and bought a bunch of those little cans of pork brains that some folk mix in their eggs for breakfast. Drain out the milk, and there ya go! Works just as well.

BTW: an old semi-dulled draw knife is the best flesher and graining tool I've found yet. And - not traditional - but a length of 4" to 6" PVC pipe secured at the right angle makes a great "beam". Matt Richard's books are great, too.

Best of luck!

 

[Falco sparverius]

Here is a couple of links:
[url] http://vandykestaxidermy.com/[/url]
[url] http://taxidermy.net/[/url] (has more information. Use the search function on their forums for a wealth of tanning info.)
[url] http://braintan.com/[/url]
[url] http://rittelsupplies.net/[/url]

Good luck!

 

[Turtle2]

Trappers Formula. I'm not sure how to post a link for ya but it's good stuff. Anything from a rabbit up to an elk and the instructions on the bottle walk you right thru it.

-Turtle2-

 

[freetrapper20]

I like Vandykes myself. Good catalog.

 

[ole berthey]

White Buffalo If you don't hurry up and get that deer you ain't going to need those tanning solutions. :redface: :shocked2: :grin: :haha: :rotf: :rotf: :blah:

MERRY CHISTMAS WHITE BUFFALO, AND TO EVERYONE. LET US NOT FORGET WHAT CHISTMAS IS ALL ABOUT