I did this with rabbit skins before. There's a catch not mentioned in the video: use the skin only when the animal is not near its shedding time, otherwise, the skin will shed all (or most of) its fur in the first months of use.

This worked unbelievably well-- and on my first try too. After putting on the egg yolks it started to smell pretty bad and I figured I had ruined it, but after abrading it and waiting a few days the smell went away. i gave it to my mom for a present and she absolutely adores it. Thank you!

Beautiful work! You make it look so graceful. If this is the easy way, I can’t imagine how involved the hard way would be.

Funny to see alum being used in the tanning process, I've only alum as a post-shave, nice to know it can be used for tanning sheepskin as well!

Thank you so much for operating with watering cans. I am so grateful someone else does!

this was fun to watch.my grandfather has a couch cover that is made of sheep hide and i always wondered how it's done.(he has another which is made of cow hide)

excellent job done. brief and precise.. this is the method which was used in Pakistan. salt and alum.. but here we anchor sheep skin on flat surface anchor with rope or nails at corner to keep it flat.. we cover surface with salt for couple of days and after that use alum solution.. that also did well. but now everyone buy rather then doing by self

J'ai regardé ta vidéo plusieurs fois. Tu m'as bien aidée! !! Merci

Looks great, im going to try on a sheep skin i been keeping. Thanks

Wow it is so easy. I have a question its gage is not so thick as compare to baby cow hair on skins becaue i am making and facing a problem at the end hairs are save and beatiful but hide becomes hard which is called bone ???????

Thanks a lot I tan a goat skin by viewing your method . Now I make prayers (namaaz) on it.

Please Make a video about goat skin tanning process

Now I understand why Uggs are so expensive.

I am trying to do what you do. But when i put the skin with alum and salt, i put it for 1 week and 5 days. And now, i assume that the longer we put the skin with alum and salt, the more the skin will be harden. Does this assume is true? I will try to prove this assume next year, when we have chance to get sheepskin from e'id adha. Btw, thank you for your tutorial, it helped me a lot.

Hello - Awesome, informational, to the point video. I'm butchering my first lamb in a few weeks and will use your video as my guide. If i may, I have a question: Instead of thee three egg yolks, could the lamb's brain be used instead? There are lots of brain tanning videos out there but none that deal with sheep skin and the specific method you use.

If the wool is still dirty can I put it in the wash after I put the egg yolks and dried it?

Very useful video. I don't know what Alum is, but will google it. Does the treatment process have to start asap after slaughter - I have a few fleece that are bundled up and hanging for years as didn't know what to do with them?

nice work buddy keep up the good work :))

Hello dear, Can you send a video clip of the process of making the fur of the lamb, but details with the translation?

Does this method work on different types of hide

I’ve read this method and it works really. I do have one question though, the wool on the hide did not get white during the tanning process and it’s more of a yellow colour. Why is this ? Did I do something wrong ?

Can you use veg oil to lubricate?

Could you add another step of smoking the hide, so it can get wet without becoming stiff?

Wow! That's awesome--I've tried brain tanning and also chemical tanning and haven't had much luck---I've had the most difficulty getting all the membrane off---any chance you sell the fleshing knife you made in the video? If so, do you ship to Canada? When you say to 'abrade' the sheepskin with a pumice or sandpaper, are you removing the dried on eggyolk, or are you just roughing the hide up? Also wondering if when the sheepkin is tanned, can it be washed in the washing machine when it gets dirty? Thanks! Very informative video.

hi aluminium sulfate, salt how many grams please?

very interesting .. thanks for uploading this.

hi this is coming from someone working with their first sheep hide what would you say is your ratio of alum to salt?? the person who gave me the hide wants it to turn out really nice so they can use it so i would really appreciate the help

Tip for fleshing use a dry dish cloth to grab and pull it

this is so complicated! in Algeria we do it only with salt and it's done, maybe the quality will not be the same, that's it.

Can you use that to make a shearling jacket?

Why does the skin tear after a period of one or two months of tanning?

Thank you! Going to follow your tutorial to the tee xxx

AMAZING I LOVE IT THANK YOU 🙏

What's in the measuring cup that you pore in with the eggs

Which liquid u use with egg yolks for tan ?

I used to do it as a child, a day or two after the Aid Kebir. Greetings from Morocco ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

What are the measurements for Salt and Alum when tanning. And the measurements for egg wash.. thank you

Thank you so much for the video

I followed the video. Thank you for the clear tutorial! Mine came out pretty hard. Do you know what I did wrong or how to soften it? Also, can I get it wet and wash it again to get some of the egg yolk out of the hair?

pro-tip....If you have the time and you're in the right climate, the ants will do most of the fleshing for you.

Hey, Really interesting tutorial! Just wanted to ask what type of salt you used alongside the alum? Can I just use ordinary table salt for this?

What is about the lubricant ?

great video thanks for the info i have a question ... i have a cowhide and i left it with salt and water to dry out and it went solid as i left it for week ( big mistake ) after i tried to soften it by fleshing off the skin ..it still very solid what would you advise ?

I've been following this process but noticed the hairs are just coming out in chunks at the slightest pull. Anyone know what's wrong?

Good video. Whoever does this regularly must equip himself with a fleshing beam or stand and a hide softening stake, among other specialized tools.

I wish I had seen this video before I have destroyed two sheep skins trying to make them clean. Every time I was unable to make the skin soft.it remained stiff

How much alum and salt do you use? what is the measurement / dilution ratio?

شوفوا يا عرب يا مسلمين اللي ربنا ما يحبس التبذير هو أجنبي و ما رماش الهيدورة و احنا تكبرنا و عفنا و أصبحنا أتباعهم في كل شيء رمينا الصوف الطاهرة الزينة و اقتنينا البلاستيك تاع ماريكان الله يهدينا ام ايوب

Im gaon use a power washer for removeing the membrane wish me luck

Please what you put on the skin at 4:30

How do i tan bull hide?

What is the amount of alum and salt used

we noticed a foul smell after taking our sheepskins out of the salt alum solution. we are now at the egg drying stage and there is still a fairly foul smell. Will this go away after the stretch and boarding and sanding?....or have we somehow ruined our hides?

هذا جميل جدا ان امكنكم ارجو وضع شريط باللغة العربيه عن المواد المستخدمه في التنظيف

this can be used to make some COMFY carpet!

Thanx alot

Which liquid you used with eggs

What proportions did you use? Ive tried this method before and had a bunch of hair slippage

What is the ratio of the amount of salt and alum?

what is alum?

What's the salt, alum, water ratio?

Thank you for this amazing video, i did everything exactly as you did, bit wheni finished the tanning with alum process and i started drainng the hide for drying, i noticed hair is falling and i had some empty spots on the wool side and still some hair is "easily" falling of not from all sides but some sides , why is that?

What is the ratio of salt and alum..plz mentioned thanks

Is there any substitute for alum ? If not is there anothey way to make a sheepskin for everyday use in the house

So beautiful... ❤

A handy thing might be the alum and water recipe.. you know for people watching and trying themselves

How much water did you put in? And also amount of alum and salt?. I also saw many ppl using washing soda in solution

How many eggs did u use

It looks like the hide is still pretty stiff, due to not stretching and actually breaking the hide. Although it is a beautiful piece for display. Good job 👍🏼

Use chrome sulphate for sheepskin tanning --its the fastest modern way !

Thanks for the great video! Can you tell me the exact number of things i need to do?! (like how many times to stir in a day when it is in the barrel! Or how much grams of salt or alum?!)

ايش المواد الذي سوها مااعرف اقرا انجليزي

Lots of hard work. But nice end result.

good work I want to do this. what is quantity of alum and salt? and you how to make cow hide with hairs?

hi Mr thanks to this video i want to know what is the lubricate?????

SO. MUCH. WORK. I live on a small sheep farm where they process the animals for meat only and toss the skins, which seems wasteful. I've wanted to try tanning the free skins, but every tanning video I've watched convinces me that I'm much better off going to my carpentry job, earning money, and buying tanned hides.

Should i wash the skin after using egg yoke or not?and what is alum ?plz reply i mean what was the solution for tanning?0

What is that brush?

can you use this method for any animal hide or just sheepskin?

Salut, svp dit moi combien de temps en peu laisser la peau fraîche salée avec le sel dans la première étape svp répond moi ç urgent merci

Are you supposed to remove the leather? Is that what the sandpaper is for? After washing mine with detergent, the learher started to dissolve.

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What's the salt / alum mix? How much of each, and what quantity of water

what type of brush are u using? spent what seen like an eternity with a comb a had laying around.

بارك الله فيك 👍👍

Please tell me what is the lubricate i mean name or someone less.Please please tell me i try to tanning

I have 13 goat hides that I fleshed and dried. They just aren't soft. Is it possible to soak again to soften and stretch? Or am I SOL? Great video ,btw!

Please can you specify how much salt and alum you used to tan and roughly how much water? :) this is a great video

can you bleach cow leatherbefore tanning or will the leather be ruined

Hi I would like to do this ... what is alum

looks awesome. where did you get your sale and alum from please?

I've currently got 3 sheepskin and 2 goat skins in the pickle using this technique. Thank you for this wonderful simple walk through. Hopefully in a life bit of time I'll have some lovely soft hides.

what is in the cup is it oil and if so what kind

Hi thank you it's really good job. Could you please tell me what's the secret of being the skin soft and mushy like this ??

l am from turkey no no videos =(

Very good

hi, How many time in the water with alun and sal?

what lubricat type did u used ?

is it possible to skip the alum process and simply tan and lubricate with eggs and soap?

what is alum and where to buy it?