Thread: strop made of whitetail rawhide

Any updates on this? I'm thinking of having one made from a deer this next fall...

Very cool I would Ike some deer hide to play with.

Originally Posted by rickboone

Very cool I would Ike some deer hide to play with.

Here you go Rick. Knock yourself out.













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Somehow I was under the impression that deer hide did not make for a good strop, but I cannot recall my basis for that. I guess next fall I will have to keep a few hides, try my hand at brain tanning, and find out for myself. Thanks for dredging up this thread.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Somehow I was under the impression that deer hide did not make for a good strop, but I cannot recall my basis for that. I guess next fall I will have to keep a few hides, try my hand at brain tanning, and find out for myself. Thanks for dredging up this thread.

Do what is considered village tanned. It is not worked as much, it is a touch stiffer when finished. It is what would be used for the soles and insoles of moccasins.

I did a Google search for village tanning, and other variants, and I suspect that taking my deer hides to a tanning salon is not what you had in mind.

Could you please let me know of some resource I can use to learn about your suggestion?

No brain tanning is what I had in mind...

I got a couple of hides in the freezer. Hmmmm.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I did a Google search for village tanning, and other variants, and I suspect that taking my deer hides to a tanning salon is not what you had in mind.

Could you please let me know of some resource I can use to learn about your suggestion?

Here is a link with a lot of information to get you going.

www.tn.gov/twra/pdfs/tanninghides.pdf

The more you work a hide the softer it will get, for a strop I would leave it on the stiff side, it will break in with use like any other strop. Village leather is what was used for the buck skin pants and shirts, the natural texture is still prevalent on the hide.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Somehow I was under the impression that deer hide did not make for a good strop, but I cannot recall my basis for that. I guess next fall I will have to keep a few hides, try my hand at brain tanning, and find out for myself. Thanks for dredging up this thread.

No problem! I was curious about it and started searching before I just started a new thread. To those that are going to try this please post back here your thoughts and results.