Leather: Preparation & Tanning

The author of this book is a well-versed tanner who has studied traditional tanning methods with Native Americans in northern Canada, and the Sami (Laplanders) in northern Sweden. Lotta has combined her extensive tanning experience with research into the history and science of these methods. She includes many details, recipes, tools, and methods for traditional tanning, most of which she has used, or at least tried, herself. Not the best how-to book for a beginner, but combined with a book such as Deerskins into Buckskins, you will probably do fine. There is more information in this book on a diverse selection of primitive tanning methods, than in any other book I know.