Paleotechnics: Online Catalog of Tanning Books

Our book, complete how-to of wet-scrape braintanning process, includes chapters on origin & history, skinning, hide storage, tool maintenance using buckskin, clothing and other uses of the deer.
Reprint edition of Wet-Scrape Braintanned Buckskin.
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$19.95 336 pp.

Wet-Scrape Braintanned Buckskin
A limited quantity of shelf worn and/or slightly damaged copies of this out of print book are available while they last. This book has been revised and reprinted as Buckskin: The Ancient Art of Braintanning.

$12.50

BLUE MOUNTAIN BUCKSKIN
...Dry-Scrape Braintan
by Jim Riggs
(J. Riggs)

The classic text on dry-scrape braintanning. Concise and witty. Every braintanner should own this book.

$14.95 134 pp.

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DEERSKINS INTO BUCKSKINS
...How to Tan with Natural Materials
by Matt Richards
(Backcountry Books)

Good step-by-step of wet-scrape braintanning using lime or lye from wood ashes.

Book $19.95 158 pp.

DVD $25.00 (2 hrs)

VHS $25.00 (2 hrs)

THE TANNING SPIRIT
(video, 45 min.)

with Melvin Beattie
(M. Beattie)

Good instructional video on wet-scrape braintanning by one of our mentors. Especially good for visuals of processes, includes skinning & interesting tools and methods.

$33

HOW TO BRAIN-TAN A BUFFALO HIDE
(video, 59 min.)

with Wes Housler
(Rocky Mtn. College Prod.)

Shows process of braintanning buffalo robes. Assumes some tanning experience.

$24.95

TANNING

HOME TANNING & LEATHERMAKING GUIDE
by A.B. Farnham
(AR Harding)

Incomplete, but still helpful, how-to of vegetable tanning processes. Includes some other methods.

$4.95 (4.5" X 6.5") 176 pp.

HOME MANUFACTURE OF FURS AND SKINS
by A.B. Farnham
(AR Harding)

Contains good general info about handling furs, as well as some strange things like shark, duck, walrus, and frog. Tanning recipes vary from interesting to utterly toxic.

$4.95 (4.5"X 6") 283 pp.

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