Oil-tanned Fishskin Leather
Materials list:
Fish fillet
I recommend using half-fish fillets (rather than whole fish) for oil-tanning. Oil-tanned skins are tougher to soften than bark-tanned skins, so if you’re used to butterfly-filleting a fish + bark-tanning, you may find oil-tanning more challenging. Taht being said…if you’re up for a challenge, go for it! Myself, I’ll be working with half-fish fillets.
You are welcome to tan more than one fish skin during our session, You ahve enough oil in your Materials Kit for 4 half-skins.
Spoon or small dry-scraper
Kitchen knife
Cutting board
Optional but recommended: strainer for your sink
One quart-sized mason jar per half-skin. One gallon-sized mason jar for butterfly-filleted skins.
Oil from your Materials kit or BYO kitchen vegetable oil + a cup/jar
One egg yolk (good for up to 4 half-skins)
Salt + cold water
Paper towel/kitchen cloth
Somewhere safe to leave the skin hanging for one week after - a clothesline, a chair, a window; clothespins can be very handy here.