Making Leather And Suede

Making Leather And Suede
Here is an instructional video on bark tanning, a very ancient and primitive method of making traditional leather. I decided to experiment with two of my deer hides and accidentally stumbled upon how suede is made. The suede material can get as soft as buckskin and holds a great color. The grain on leather is a classic, very excited for making a backpack.
Much of my information here was provided by braintan.com, a wonderful source of knowledge for tanning.
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[@FloatingVillageLife]

Your skill and craftsmanship in making leather and suede are truly commendable. Your dedication to mastering this art form reflects a deep passion for traditional craftsmanship and attention to detail. And I am a floating village life from Vietnam.

[@rhysfontaine]

Awesome video! well done!

[@johnnyliminal8032]

Interesting to hear and see, Samuel. When I was early teens, one of my dad’s hunting buddies gave me a deer hide. I never thought to go the library (no internet back then) to learn how to tan it, and it eventually started rotting so my dad threw it out. The only thing I had heard about tanning, was from a Native American POV in a fiction story set in the ‘old west’. All I remember is, they used the brains of the animal combined with something else. Well, that led me think I couldn’t do it, and so I never looked further. Makes me wonder how tanning was first discovered, long ago. Thank you for this.

[@doublequal]

beautiful color!

[@MisterGardner]

¡Una mochila de cuero!

[@pyrosparkes]

really interesting video man, thanks. covering so much without the needless waffling also, im a straight guy.... but damn dude, save some sexy for the rest of us!

[@nominkhanaarsalang154]

you've been making hide processing videos for good four years and still call yourself a beginner. impossible to judge from the video if the craft is really that intricate, though