| View Larger Image | The Complete Book of Tanning Skins and Furs | Hardcoverby James E. Churchill (Author)
| List Price: | $19.95 | | Price: | $13.57 | | You Save: | $6.38 (32%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Stackpole Books | | Page Count: | 197 Pages | | Publication Date: | November 01, 1983 | | Sales Rank: | 90,892th |
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 8 reviews)
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GOOD REVIEW by Michelle M. Scribner (MIDLAND MI USA)  4 Stars
June 11, 2007
VERY INTERESTING BOOK. I HAVE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE ART OF TANNING HIDES.
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Excellent book even for beginners by Elk Hunter (Colorado)  5 Stars
December 07, 2006
I started using this book back in the late 80's when I first started tanning. Almost everything I know about tanning, I learned from this book. I've tanned elk hides, deer hides, antelope, squirrel, rabbit, snake, coyote, fox, raccoon, skunk, beaver, muskrat, and many more. I've had some failures, but with this book as a guide, I've taken very few false steps. I've used a wide variety of techniques and found that they worked like Mr. Churchill said. I do recommend this book, and have often lent my copy to friends.
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Not Worth the Money by C. A. Cole (WV)  1 Stars
December 06, 2005
I was very disappointed with this book. He talks about the generalized steps to do tanning, but he lacks good step by step information for beginners. Its a good first book to read, then find another book with more detail as to how to actually do the procedures. He only has two plans for crafting with leather, and I think he should have added more. I wouldn't advise you purchase this book unless its your first and you want to understand the general procedure of tanning, then find a better book with more details.
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Complete Book of Tanning Skns and Furs 5 Stars
June 08, 2001
This book is extremely useful to anyone entering the field of home tanning. It has a proven method for tanning any skin that is likely to be available to the home tanner, from alligators to antelope.
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Covers a Lot of Ground, Decently by Matt Richards (Cave Junction, OR)  3 Stars
November 22, 2000
Churchill covers the tanning of many different types of animals, using many different methods. This is the good and the bad of this book. No other tanning book I know of contains so much varied information, and for this reason its a good one to have. However, the techniques are not covered in much detail so it is challenging for the beginning tanner to be successful using these instructions alone. In reference to the previous reviews written here. I agree with the first two (look like they are written by the same guy?), in that if you are wanting to tan buckskin, this isn't the best book. However if you are wanting to do furs, the books mentioned below don't cover them (I'm the author of one of them)...and this is your best bet.
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