Anyone know how to preserve skins?

[Jonboy83]

I had a rabbit late november, and wanted to keep the skin, wondered if anybody knew how to preserve it?
tried before wit a squirrel skin, but failed kept skin in freezer and still have head heard about brain tanning but would like preferable to keep as a full fur but if not can it be made into leather?
cheers ATB Jono

 

[rik_uk3]

Use the search facility chap, this has been talked about a lot here.

 

[walkswithnomoccasins]

Depends what you want to use the skin for? if you put it on a small stretching frame then flesh it and leave it in a cool place with plenty of air movement and let it dry. The dermal layers of the flesh don't actually rot its the flesh and fat that does. Another idea would be wet salting if you lay the skin out flat hair side down then cover the flesh side with about 1/2 inch of salt then fold the hide in half then stick it in a plastic box. I found the best thing to do is have the hide held off the bottom of the box ( in the past i have used an old grill tray). both these means of storing mean a hide will last indefinitely. Anyway i must be about my business i am in the process of fleshing 3 red deer hides.

 

[TurboGirl]

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47148&highlight=cyclingrelf+sheepskin
Try this 'un Jono, I've been hunting for info on deer hide (fur on) tanning at home... won't trouble my hunter for brains so I'm trying to find the best, easiest skin prep to prevent fur slippage without annoying him into binning 'em :S

There's some pdf's on google too but yup, I do agree that for a forum where many folk do tan, its hard to find info and pictures/ tutorials etc on it! We'll have to take pics of us getting it wrong, allow the masters to put us right and then create tutorials ourselves when we're experts

 

[oldiesfool]

http://www.crocko.com/83E8F68676004729ABCD185C2488E889/Tanning_Rabbit_Hides.pdf
http://www.crocko.com/314306DC25BA4119AA36C4E4AD5691F1/Animal_hide_tanning.pdf
These are my own uploads (safe no viruses) i hope it will help you, i`ve got them from Bushcraft USA.