Tanning Furs Part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

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  • @samintn1969
    @samintn1969 Год назад +16

    Thank you for keeping this and other self-reliance skills alive and well. You are very detailed with your descriptions without being so academic.

  • @vzmichael
    @vzmichael Год назад +9

    Dave on the expressway to 1M subscribers. Because he teaches real skills. In my opinion.

  • @jamesellsworth9673
    @jamesellsworth9673 Год назад +13

    This is the start of a great series. I also find I need to review tanning videos every year.

  • @foxernator
    @foxernator Год назад +9

    Madness that this is a free video. Thanks Dave! Learned so much this video.

  • @stoneinthefield1
    @stoneinthefield1 Год назад +7

    Thank you so much for the years of great information and instruction. I have been a fan since 2009 at Dirt Time. Many thanks.

  • @MtMan146
    @MtMan146 Год назад +4

    Thanks Dave, Best information out there.. You are one outstanding instructor, As always Take Care and Stay Safe.

  • @shannonlandre4442
    @shannonlandre4442 Год назад +1

    I watched your beaver tanning video last year and tanned a deer hide with its brain right after and smoked it. The hair stayed on fine without pickling it.

  • @AclockworkPurple
    @AclockworkPurple Год назад +1

    I don’t hunt and don’t plan on tanning anything but I like learning about it.
    It’s cool to be familiar with this stuff and a lot of outdoor skills are being lost.

  • @thomasdemaio53
    @thomasdemaio53 Год назад +2

    The rubber for your apron is called EPDM and it is an amazing material to work with. Especially if you combine it with the ZIP tape for siding. You could make a pool with those 2 things.

  • @JrD-k6b
    @JrD-k6b Год назад

    Just wanted say I watch you all the time to help teach my 12 year old son you taught the both of how to thrive rather then survive our outdoor adventures have definitely gotten more comfortable but also safer in so many ways my son and I hope to one day meet you

  • @jackjohnson291
    @jackjohnson291 Год назад +1

    Very glad to see you do this, especially for fur on tanning. I’ve done some brain tanning with mixed results, mostly good, but it certainly is a chore.

  • @saritaford3667
    @saritaford3667 Год назад +1

    I'm so excited for this series! Thanks brother! ❤

  • @ericboyette1803
    @ericboyette1803 Год назад +1

    Thanks, Dave! The skunk fur has been shedding a lot and I’ve been worried the fur is slipping. RUclips has so many ideas on setting the hair that I wasn’t sure which direction to go. Time to grab a bucket and get to pickling!

  • @TheLordArion
    @TheLordArion Год назад

    Great information, thanks Dave! I recently started hunting and wanted to tan my own hides and pelts. I want to use as much of the animal as I can, most of the time. So this was just what I was looking for.

  • @jeffreydrake4876
    @jeffreydrake4876 Год назад

    Learn everything you can. Knowledge is something the Government hasn’t figured how to tax…yet. Great job sir!!

  • @JCOwens-zq6fd
    @JCOwens-zq6fd Год назад

    Good stuff. I use an old clothes dryer to tumble mine & a mechanical defleshing machine these days but your methods are pretty much the same as my father taught me as a youngun.

  • @davidlee9299
    @davidlee9299 Год назад +1

    Thanks Dave I currently have 4 deer skins on salt till spring.... Plans are 2 hair on 2 hair off. This will be helpful come spring

  • @milesbettencourt5804
    @milesbettencourt5804 Год назад

    Great lesson. Please keep them coming.

  • @AndrewSmith-ip3dv
    @AndrewSmith-ip3dv Год назад

    Thanks for sharing you knowledge that way we can learn the old was the good ways

  • @barmstrong25
    @barmstrong25 Год назад +1

    Meat preservation would be a good series.

  • @gamesdisk
    @gamesdisk Год назад +1

    I love these videos. I know I'll never do any of it. Shoot. Camping is even unlikely. But I love the dream of it

  • @idamcneill8005
    @idamcneill8005 Год назад

    Perfect timing! Hope you mention birds too, retaining feathers for decoration.

  • @mrkultra1655
    @mrkultra1655 Год назад +1

    Thanks Dave

  • @ChIGuY-town22_
    @ChIGuY-town22_ Год назад +1

    Great video, thanks for your hard work and I'm looking forward to seeing the next one.

  • @preparedsurvivalist2245
    @preparedsurvivalist2245 Год назад

    When it comes to breaking, I've found that rubbing the hide on concrete is the fastest, easiest, and most effective way to break and thin a tanned hide. Its the most abrasive surface there is pretty much, and it works wonders especially on the edges of hides where they get thick and hard.

  • @johnrice1943
    @johnrice1943 Год назад

    Wow. Excellent information. Thanks for the video!

  • @bleezy5203
    @bleezy5203 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for making this video.

  • @vikingskuld
    @vikingskuld Год назад

    Awesome idea, especially doing the brain tanning at home. I appreciate your videos. Thank you

  • @mlsknnr
    @mlsknnr Год назад +3

    I would use a small paddle to move the hide around and a rock to hold hides down in the solution. We would use the brain and kidneys when I was a kid, that was how an old trapper showed us.

  • @michaelmerrick5472
    @michaelmerrick5472 Год назад

    Great instructions! Thanks!

  • @leeendley8009
    @leeendley8009 Год назад

    Really fascinating video Dave, looking forward to the rest of the series.

  • @CustmBug
    @CustmBug Год назад

    Great information as always. I appreciate you.

  • @johntuffin6665
    @johntuffin6665 Год назад +3

    Can you touch a bit on using egg yolk for tanning. I've done it a bit and works well. Almost everyone has eggs.

    • @DavidCanterbury
      @DavidCanterbury  Год назад +1

      Did you even watch the video? I only mentioned that about 4 times? Thank you thought

  • @RKELLEHER40
    @RKELLEHER40 Год назад +1

    Howdy, Brother! That's how we do! Drive-On, Cowboy!! 🤠

  • @ddthedogmanoutdoors
    @ddthedogmanoutdoors Год назад +1

    Brilliant 👏

  • @timwaldroup9654
    @timwaldroup9654 Год назад +1

    Thanks..

  • @emiliosanchez3309
    @emiliosanchez3309 Год назад

    Thank you for this video Dave! Cant wait to take a class with you one day!

  • @LQarmy
    @LQarmy Год назад

    Thank you for sharing very carefully. I also learned a new skill.

  • @canardsalle7731
    @canardsalle7731 Год назад

    That's for taking time for making this video

  • @jpatt3906
    @jpatt3906 Год назад

    Thanks so much for this series

  • @coreymerrill3257
    @coreymerrill3257 Год назад +6

    fun fact ::when parents of the past said " I'll tan your hide" they did not mean like this. 😂😂
    #bringbackbuttwhoopins. #notleather#willowswitches
    #makingaccountabilitygreatagain.
    On a serious note , this is extremely useful if you are even considering going into the woods or if you want superior winter garments . Fur in buck/moose/elk/ caribou and bear skins when used properly ( usually the old viking design with shoulder frock is best) it retains as much or more body heat as a high end set of modern winter gear. More people should know these sorts of skills IMHO . Society in general would be better if we retained these and many other old skills and consciously integrated them with modern concepts instead of leaving them as relics of the past. There is a damn good reason we always go back to the old ways. Be it purposely or " accidentally" ... Often it is as " new" discoveries which is just rediscovered tech. As the saying goes " everything old is new again ".

  • @alohaappliancerepair9507
    @alohaappliancerepair9507 Год назад +1

    Love this!

  • @devoncrooks226
    @devoncrooks226 Год назад +1

    Could you reuse the pickling solution a few times or would it be better to change it after every batch of skins?

  • @richstone2627
    @richstone2627 Год назад +1

    Fur might not be selling for much but brain tan deer is expensive. I don't see hunting, trapping etc. lasting much longer after us old guys die off. The majority of the young Americans are braindead, brainwashed robots who see hunting, trapping, fishing as brutal, primitive and even consider it cruelty to animals.
    Thank you for sharing your knowledge and time. I appreciate it.

  • @esperago
    @esperago 18 дней назад

    You seem highly experienced and knowledgeable. I have a question: I did a method where a sheepskin is soaked in a brine of salt and alum for a week. This time around, one of the sheepskin's smells funky after the week of brining. There's no meat attached or anything. I think I just didn't clean the wool well enough. So my question is can I just scrub it with detergent to get it clean and then do the egg yolk step? Or will that undo the brining? If I scrub it, do I need to re-brine it? I'm not sure about this scenario and want to avoid wrecking the sheepskin (it's beautiful black wool). But it's also too smelly to use for anything. If you have advice on how to get rid of the smell, I'm all ears. Thanks!

  • @chadsharp1303
    @chadsharp1303 Год назад

    Good Job, Dave

  • @Rob-ji7fx
    @Rob-ji7fx 5 месяцев назад

    I have never been able to rehydrate a dried pelt in a pickle brine, to much salt. I use 1/4 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of aloe, per gallon of 90 degree F water for rehydration, then transfer to the pickle as quick as the pelt feels like the day it was skinned. I use the 1lb per gallon salt, but I use 3 oz of citric acid, and put industrial degreaser directly in this, keeping ph at 1.5 to 2.0. Soak for a week.
    Then I neutralize the pelt. In a baking soda mix, if the skin is acidic the tan won't take and the pelt will be stiff. I use a handful of salt 1/4 cup of baking soda per gallon. To neutralize the pelt I soak pelt in this solution about an hour. Then I rinse and wring the pelt dry in a towel or painters cloth.
    Then when the pelt is about dry the way it felt when it was skinned off, I apply the tan. This can be something you paint on, or something you soak it in.

  • @Criticalyconcernedregular
    @Criticalyconcernedregular Год назад

    Thanks man! I was just talking to my buddy about this !

  • @KatyNik
    @KatyNik 11 месяцев назад

    Can a person skip the stretching stage? I just fleshed, pickled and degreased a wolf hide and want to jump straight into braining it. You are such a wealth of info!!! Thank you for sharing. I did a bison once but stopped after fleshing and stretching and took it to a pro haha.

  • @FrontierLegacy
    @FrontierLegacy Год назад +1

    Lecithin is an emulsifying agent, not an oil. The fats in the brains get emulsified to better penetrate the hide. Soy and Sunflower lecithin can be had and most health stores and will last you years. My preferred oil is coconut. I use 2 to 1 ratio, lecithin to oil, and get great results.

  • @DrakeAllen-x6n
    @DrakeAllen-x6n Месяц назад

    Ive watched you beaver tanning vids Dave.
    Im a big fan of your work!

  • @randiegadberry5448
    @randiegadberry5448 Год назад +1

    I have a question. I have a dry deer hide that is not fleshed. It’s been hanging in my woodshed for a couple of years. Is it possible to reconstitute it and tan it with the hair on?

  • @jayroser9876
    @jayroser9876 Год назад

    Good information Dave

  • @nickniles7939
    @nickniles7939 Год назад +1

    Can you skip the drying/stretching and go straight from fleshing to pickling?

  • @T_Sawyer628
    @T_Sawyer628 11 месяцев назад

    Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but what do you do with coyotes or fox other than tanning the fur? Do you have other uses for them like food? I have seen where some people eat them but was curious as to what your preferences are for these particular animals. Thank you for your time and I really enjoy your content. Heck of an education! 👍🏻

  • @Buckwheat-y9g
    @Buckwheat-y9g Год назад

    Dave, could I get more information on the borax on the deer feet. I have some from a deer we just harvested and would like to make a gunrack with them. Thanks!

  • @krayzrebel1017
    @krayzrebel1017 Год назад

    Question, if I were interested in making something like a deer hide blanket or rug, would it be better to leave hair on or remove? Would it be possible to get a video on how to do that and which critter would be best to use?

  • @woodswalker64
    @woodswalker64 Год назад +1

    What can these furs be used for? I wonder since a lot of them are small - thanks

  • @Lord_RavnFar_Tannerwise
    @Lord_RavnFar_Tannerwise 10 месяцев назад

    Is there a pickling solution to use that DOESN'T use bleach? I know its not a whole lot used in this mixture but i happen to be severely allergic to bleach and really dont want to risk it even with PPE

  • @joeyduncan5804
    @joeyduncan5804 Год назад

    I want to take a few of your classes hiw much are they and were do I go. I live I'm western kentucky and have several acres maybe you can come and show me how to live off the land in my own back yard?

  • @MiClLC
    @MiClLC Год назад

    What can you do with a hide? Can I make a fur backpack?

  • @Dankbudzz
    @Dankbudzz Год назад

    I use a rolling pin anchored to a board to break it and loosen it up lol

  • @melpim69
    @melpim69 Год назад

    Nice❤

  • @chrishanna1862
    @chrishanna1862 8 месяцев назад

    😂😂 there not eaten any groceries 😂😂😂 great video brother🔥🔥🔥

  • @wheelersway
    @wheelersway Год назад

    Hey Dave

  • @dn88s
    @dn88s Год назад +1

    I've done a fair amount of tanning here and there. I don't think you're going to do a garment quality tan at home.

  • @Troy-nr7ku
    @Troy-nr7ku Год назад

    The value of trapping and tanning hides isn't in the money, it's in the food and clothing value for us prepper survivalist types. Learn it.

  • @cultural_lettuce1
    @cultural_lettuce1 Год назад

    For the algorithm

  • @jayroser9876
    @jayroser9876 Год назад

    I don't think a possum has enough brains to tan their own hide

  • @Sam-gf1eb
    @Sam-gf1eb Месяц назад

    I wonder how big a blue whales brain is if it can tan it's own pelt.

  • @Robert32571
    @Robert32571 Год назад

    This video haven't the french translation. It's a very big problem for me to see it. I don't understand, so I don't see it. Sorry