Smoked Leather Hides

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked buffalo hide. It was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. The hide is prepared by a European enthusiast of real leather living in Canada. It is NOT native made. This hide has a smoky smell and is supple and flexible. This is a whole hide with some holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. Please look at the photos closely for any...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked white tail deer hide. It was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. The hide is prepared by a European enthusiast of real leather living in Canada. It is NOT native made. This hide has a smoky smell and is supple and flexible. It has a light coloring throughout the hide. The back side is a bit lighter. This is a whole hide with some holes,...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked white tail deer hide.  It was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. The hide is prepared by a European enthusiast of real leather living in Canada. It is NOT native made. This hide has a smoky smell and is supple and flexible. It has a light coloring throughout the hide. The back side is darker. This is a whole hide with some...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked white tail deer hide.  It was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. The hide is prepared by a European enthusiast of real leather living in Canada. It is NOT native made. This hide has a smoky smell and is supple and flexible. This is a whole hide with some holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. Most of these imperfections...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked white tail deer hide. This skin was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains by a European man in Canada who was accepted into the Lakota Tribe. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. It is NOT being offered as Native made. This is a whole hide with some blemishes, and scratches on the leather. It has a smoky smell and is supple. Many cheaper "brain tan" hides are on the market using...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked elk hide. This skin was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains by a European man in Canada who was accepted into the Lakota Tribe. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. It is NOT being offered as Native made. This is a whole hide with some small holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. It has a smoky smell and is supple. Many cheaper "brain tan" hides are on the market...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked elk hide. This skin was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains by a European man in Canada who was accepted into the Lakota Tribe. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. It is NOT being offered as Native made. This is a whole hide with some small holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. It has a smoky smell and is supple. Many cheaper "brain tan" hides are on the market...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked elk hide. This skin was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains by a European man in Canada who was accepted into the Lakota Tribe. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. It is NOT being offered as Native made. This is a whole hide with some small holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. It has a smoky smell and is supple. Many cheaper "brain tan" hides are on the market...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked elk hide. This skin was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains by a European man in Canada who was accepted into the Lakota Tribe. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. It is NOT being offered as Native made. This is a whole hide with some small holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. It has a smoky smell and is supple. Many cheaper "brain tan" hides are on the market...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked elk hide. This skin was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains by a European man in Canada who was accepted into the Lakota Tribe. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. It is NOT being offered as Native made. This is a whole hide with some small holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. It has a smoky smell and is supple. Many cheaper "brain tan" hides are on the market...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked elk hide. This skin was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains by a European man in Canada who was accepted into the Lakota Tribe. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. It is NOT being offered as Native made. This is a whole hide with some small holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. It has a smoky smell and is supple. Many cheaper "brain tan" hides are on the market...