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Hide Tanning 101
Whether you're a hunter or not, leather and animal products have played an important role in your life and the history of the human species.
In this class we will take a raw product and, over the course of multiple days, turn it into a soft, water resistant material useful for many applications in your outdoor adventures. If you cannot make one or more of the classes but still want the experience of tanning a hide, contact us and we can try to work something out so you miss little or no info and experience. Plan for some physically strenuous activity as part of the hide tanning process. Bring your own hide or use one of ours! Classes will be held a Briggs Farm conveniently located in between La Crosse and Winona. |
$85.00 each
*there is a registration fee which will add about $6.00 to your total at the time of registration All Ages (Under 18 participants must be accompanied by a registered adult) |
The Experience:
- April 16thth- Fleshing. Removing any fat/muscle tissue from non-hair side of hide. Prepare "bucking" solution and submerge hide.
- Wednesday April 21st- Graining. Removing the hair, epidermis, and grain layer of the hide. Submerge in creek to rinse out bucking solution.
- Thursday April 22nd- Wring out excess water. Begin to stretch/dry the hide.
- Saturday April 24th- Finish stretching/drying hide. Smoke hide to "seal" it. Done!
