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Tan Your Hide!: Home Tanning Leathers & Furs
Make your own handcrafted leather vests, hats, belts, and wallets!
This in-depth guide shows you everything you need to know to successfully tan and work with furs and leathers. With practical advice on selecting appropriate hides, tanning tools, chemicals, and making your own dyes, Phyllis Hobson also provides an overview of basic leatherworking techniques and easy-to-follow patterns for a variety of fun projects. Discover how easy, enjoyable, and cost-effective it is to craft your own beautifully unique and durable leather products.
This in-depth guide shows you everything you need to know to successfully tan and work with furs and leathers. With practical advice on selecting appropriate hides, tanning tools, chemicals, and making your own dyes, Phyllis Hobson also provides an overview of basic leatherworking techniques and easy-to-follow patterns for a variety of fun projects. Discover how easy, enjoyable, and cost-effective it is to craft your own beautifully unique and durable leather products.
- GenresNonfictionSurvival
176 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1977
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October 28, 2007
OhIlove this!
...one of my first books as a kid : )
...worrisome?
...one of my first books as a kid : )
...worrisome?
July 30, 2011
Title self-explanatory. Aside from Blue Mountain Buckskin, I've never read a better, simpler guide to preserving critter-skins.
December 21, 2012
Complete instructions as well as tool and material lists for modern and old-fashioned tanning methods.
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