Braintanned Buckskin
Traditional Braintan - Smoked and White Hides
Next Batch Available Friday, April 17th at 12pm MDT
Diné style ceremony hide with ears and appendages.
This mule deer doe was harvested in southern NM. We skinned her out carefully with ears, arms, and legs. The tail was taken by the hunter. Tanned the old school way with brain matter and left un-smoked for the white coloration. Minimal holes and very soft.
As with all white, un-smoked brain tanned hides it cannot get wet or it will dry back into rawhide.
This hide comes from a mature whitetail doe harvested in west Texas. Tanned the old school way with brain matter and wood smoke. Smoked with Cottonwood.
This is a medium thickness hide. Great for crafting, beading, and quill work. Might be able to cut one or two thick drum rounds from the rump area.
Whitetail doe harvested in west Texas. Tanned the old school way with brain matter and wood smoke. Smoked with Cottonwood.
This is a medium sized thin doe hide that tanned out nice and soft but has a large hole on the right side of the belly — price reduced accordingly. Ideal for fine crafts, beads, quill work, etc. Too thin to be ideal for water drum.
This hide is from a whitetail buck harvested in west Texas. Tanned the old school way with brain matter and wood smoke. Smoked with Cottonwood.
This is a smaller but thick hide — suitable for cutting a few quality water drum rounds as well as crafting, beads, quill work, etc.
This hide is from a Whitetail doe harvested in west Texas. Tanned the old school way with brain matter and wood smoke. Smoked with Cottonwood.
This hide has a few holes along the left belly area so price is reduced. This is a thinner hide ideal for crafts, beads, quill work, etc. May be a little too thin to be ideal for a water drum.
Mule deer buck harvested in northern New Mexico. Tanned with tree bark and softened with neatsfoot oil. This is a full grained and dense piece of thick deer leather.
This whitetail buck was harvested in west Texas. Tanned the old school way with brain matter and wood smoke. Smoked with cottonwood.
This is a thicker hide and very soft. Great hide for crafting,beading, quill work, or cutting water drum rounds.