Australian Natural Hide Tanning

In this section we show you how to remove all the flesh and fat from the hide. We show you tips such as how to use your fleshing knife properly. You are then shown how to make your holes ready for the pre-stretching step

In this step we shoe you how to pre-stretch the hide so as to open the fibres and prepare your hide for the actual tanning process.

Here is where the magic happens, the tanning process. We show you three different ways to tan a hide using all natural ingredients. With our natural tanning methods if your hide does not come out as soft as you wish for you simply re-hydrate the hide by putting it back into the solution and tan it again. It is not set in stone as some chemical methods.

This section covers how to wring a hair on hide out without damaging the fur, how to stretch it out and how to soften the hide giving you a supple, usable and soft hair on skin.

Here we show you how to make your hide into a sock ready for smoking, Then how to smoke your hide making it water resistant.

Here we show you how to take your hide to the next level In this section we show you the process of Bucking which is soaking your hide in a lime or water concentrate to he;p slip the hair making it easier to remove the hair and grain which is part of the process in making traditional buck skin

learn the six steps of Acidifying,Dressing,Wringing your hide out (hair off) Softening your hide, Making a sock for hair off method and Smoking your hide.