Introduces the tools, equipment, and techniques used in tanning hides and tells how to make useful objects out of leather.

First edition published under title, Deerskins into buckskins: how to tan with natural materials; a field guide for hunters and gatherers, c1997.

Here is the complete guide to a skill that may be mysterious to some, written by Monte Burch, an authority who practices many of the traditions of tanning and h

This research outlines the development of a systematic, non-destructive method for identifying the tanning technologies used to produce prehistoric skin artefac

A step-by-step guide to making vests, belts, and wallets by home tanning and hand-working furs and leathers. 138,000 copies in print.