Have you ever wondered how traditional peoples make beautiful leather, or how they honor animal hides for a plethora of uses? Today, we'll take deer and elk hides that were harvested during the fall hunt, and honor them by making sure none go to waste. We'll scrape them clean, shape some into parfleche, a drum, and other rawhide tools, then follow an ancient recipe using eggs instead of brains to convert at least one of the hides into tanned buckskin leather.

Join us this month at the Wolf Campus near Puyallup WA and at any of our Saturday Workshops taking place throughout Washington, Oregon & Idaho on themes of survival, wildlife and ethnobotany.

Space is Available! Email Your RSVP, Call to Reserve Space, Send A Registration Form with Check, or Use PayPal to register for this workshop running 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Workshop Cost is just $45 for one person, $40 for a second friend/family member, $35 per additional friend/family member, or $25 if you have taken this workshop with us in the past. Full refund will be given if you cancel at least 24 hours in advance, or if we don't reach a minimum of 4 participants. Our maximum number for this workshop is 20 participants with 4 instructors. If you would like to take home your own full hide, you will need to pre-order it for $30 including tax. Please note that it will start out as a fresh, salted hide with imperfections, and that you will only start to process it during the workshop, then finish it on your own because we can only complete one demonstration hide together during the workshop itself. Also, if you would like to buy our recommended Frost Mora Survival Knife, you can have a used one from us for $20 in advance of our new 2012 purchase order.

One Person Attending $45.00 USD Second Friend/Family Member $40.00 USD Additional Friends/Family Members $35.00 USD Pre-Order Hide to Take Home $30.00 USD Second Time Attending This Workshop $25.00 USD

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Workshop Itinerary

10:00 - Overview: Skinning to Smoking
10:15 - Instructional Tour of Work Stations
10:30 - Egging Prepared Hides
10:45 - Groups Begin Station Work (Fleshing; Wet Scraping; Dry Scraping; Softening)
11:00 - Individuals Rotate Through Stations at 15 Minute Intervals
12:00 - Lunch; Parfleche & Drum Making Demonstration
1:00 - Individuals Rotate Through Stations at 15 Minute Intervals (Softening; Parfleching; Smoking)
4:00 - Celebration & Optional Clean-Up Help

Special Worskhop Instructions

Join us for a great day together, and please contact us for carpooling information from Olympia, Seattle, Marysville & Bellingham. Please prepare as you normally would for a hike, including lunch, water bottle, 10 essentials, etc. However, please be aware that sparks from the campfire can melt your synthetic clothing, so wool might be a good option.

Finally, wear clothes that you can get super soiled!