Alternative Technique for Prepping Hides 3: Dehairing

Most of my scraping projects involve removing the grain layer from the hide, but for bark tanning I am after the whole hide, grain layer too. This thick buck hide was a better candidate for bark tanning than brain tanning, so in this final video in my series of 3 about processing deer hides through the "sweating" process, I am pushing off the hair rather than truly scraping.

[@tonykaczmarek278]

Awesome. Hides are a lot of work. You make it look easy though. Love your videos.

[@jonerlandson1956]

*bear claws and tortoise shells...* somewhere in them thar woods...

[@randybeeson3424]

I have a couple hides brain tanned already but the grain wasn't properly removed. What's the best way to get that off after the fact?