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Use Your Brains: Tan Your Hides

Nov 5th, 2012 | By
Use Your Brains: Tan Your Hides

A lot of preppers are into supplementing their food supply through hunting and trapping. Along with meat, each animal you take also provides you with a pelt if you wish to take advantage of it. Brain tanning relies on the fact that every animal has enough brains to tan their own hide. The brain coats the fibers of the hide and prevents deterioration, leaving nice usable fur (with hair left on) or leather (with hair removed). If you ask ten people who brain tan how they do things, you will probably end up with at
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