Progress Hide Club: SPECIALIZED Smoke-tanning 2025 Complete & Continue Next Lesson Learn More Zoom + Schedule Details 3 Lessons Zoom Call Details Unboxing the Materials Kit Season Schedule Getting Ready for Hide Club 3 Lessons Video: Hide tanning primer Recommended Tools Video: Intro to Smoke-tanning (our method!) Equipment building 3 Lessons New Video: Building a 2x2 frame New Video: Building a (wet-)scraping beam Instructions: Equipment-making primer Oil-tanned Fishskin Leather 6 Lessons Steps in the fishskin tanning process Video + step x step: Stitching Hides (scroll for instructions) Preparing for making fishskin leather Week 1 Recording: Intros + Fishskin tanning first steps Week 2 Recording: finalizing fishskin leather Glazing with egg whites (upload coming soon) Smoke-tanned Sheepskin Rug 10 Lessons Preparing for Week 2: Washing sheep skins (prep step) Video (watch before May 22): Anatomy of a smoke set-up Video (watch before May 24): How to smoke a hide May 15 Recording: How to Alum-taw a Sheep Skin Wet-scraping sheep skins Framing sheep skins (scroll for notes) Opening up (scroll for instructions) May 24 Recording: Smoking + Rehydrating Cabling a hide to soften Recording May 29: Combing + Intro to Combination-Tanning Smoke-tanned Buckskin 7 Lessons Steps in the Buckskin Making Process How to Buck a Hide Recording June 12: Graining (a type of wet-scraping) Recording June 14: Graining x2 + Membraning + Wringing + Braining Recording June 15: Wringing + Framing + Opening up Recording June 26: Smoking buckskin Recording June 28: Softening Buckskin Guest Speakers 1 Lesson Recording Jun 19: Billy Metcalfe Closing 1 Lesson Recording June 29: Review Hide Club: SPECIALIZED Smoke-tanning 2025 Complete & Continue Next Lesson Learn More Closing Recording June 29: Review
