Thread: Deer Hide Tanning

Something I've always wanted to try was tanning a deer hide. Since i'm into straights, now I'm wondering how well deer would work for a strop. Have any of you ever tried it?

I've had strops made from both deer and elk and they work the same as all other strops.

I've tanned a few hides (both kids and about 6 deer) but never thought about using it for a strop. Guess I'll have to pull out some of the left-overs and give it a try. It's brain-tanned, not commercially tanned, so that makes it a little different. There's a definate fleash side versus meat side.

You've got me thinkin' that's fer sure.

Zacsdaddy

Nice!

Definitely allow for some stretching with the deer hides when using for strops.

Have fun,

Lynn

Originally Posted by Lynn

Nice!

Definitely allow for some stretching with the deer hides when using for strops.

Have fun,

Lynn

I've got some old pieces of deer hide. Would gluing them onto a paddle help with the stretching?

Lori

Originally Posted by LoriB

I've got some old pieces of deer hide. Would gluing them onto a paddle help with the stretching?

Lori

I would make sure you pull them as tight as you can if you try this.

Have fun,

Lynn

i have home tanned diffrent types of hides for people before to and thought about making a strop out of eather a deer or coon hide so let us know how you like it once you make one and i may try a coon one if your homemade hide strop works well.

I would recommend cutting it across the grain to help reduce the amount of stretching

Zacsdaddy