Ultimate Guide to Skinning and Tanning: A Complete Guide To Working With Pelts, Fur, And Leather [Paperback]

Here is the complete guide to a skill that may be mysterious to some, written by Monte Burch, an authority who practices many of the traditions of tanning and hiding. Starting at the beginning, Burch introduces the hunter to the tools of a tanner, and even gives complete plans for making many of these implements. Instructions are given for making fleshing beams, stretchers for pelts, fleshing knives, and many others. He also covers tanning formulas and materials, both traditional and modern. From the oldest method to the newest twist, Burch's guide will be indispensable to the modern hunter.Monte Burchhas been trapping and tanning since the 1950s, and writing about the outdoors for four decades. He has written thousands of magazine articles and more than fifty books-including Field Dressing and Butchering Upland Birds, Waterfowl, and Wild Turkeys; Field Dressing and Butchering Deer; and Field Dressing and Butchering Rabbits, Squirrels, and Other Small Game. He lives on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks, where trapping and tanning are a way of life. This volume belongs on your Most Wanted list! --Whitetails UnlimitedThere are good instructions for making rawhide, latigo, and sole leather as well as instructions for tanning bird and reptile hides. A diamondback rattlesnake hide is always sure to impress. Finally there is a list of supply sources. Skinning and tanning is one of man’s oldest and most basic skills that has proved quite necessary for his survival throughout history. This is the best book on the subject that I have seen