Make Buckskin from Whitetail Deer Hide - Primitive Tanning - Brain Tanning Buckskin - Deer Leather

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Ancient Earth Skills presents... Entire process of making buckskin from a whitetail deer hide! Step by step how to make buckskin video: from rawhide to soft supple leather. All stages: acquiring the raw hide, fleshing, 2 methods of bucking 1. retting with water, and 2. with lye flakes, removing the grain and membrane... rinse, and acidify... fat liquoring, conditioning/dressing and wringing, racking, softening, making the hide bag, and Hang it up and Smoke it! It a process that's for sure! Then some fun examples of things you can make. Enjoy the process and learn from my mistakes! I wished I had someone to show me the details when I first went to Tom Brown Jr.'s Tracker School! I came home, read every book I could find and proceeded to enjoy years of celebrating honest mistakes! Hehehe! Then after going to Roots School in VT and learning from them, I dialed in the process a little more. It's a lifetime of learning and I am grateful to all my elders and teachers and those who have kept these skills alive. Other inspirations and mentors included Buckskin Revolution, and Way of the Earth School. Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to this ancient practice! And extra special thanks to our dear Deer friends, who have given the ultimate gift of life. We are forever grateful! :-)

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@coldforge Год назад

i love hunters who use as much of the animal as they can. thank you for being an ethical hunter

@dougsmonsters4866 2 года назад

"wat an amazing gift", he ponders....then promptly drags out Forrest 🤣. In all seriousness, great vid. Well done. Will give this a go

@Sockchucker 2 года назад

I have no idea why I watched this but I'm glad I did. Fascinating.

@Jc-lh4mr 2 года назад

Well now you have the general idea of how to make hides. Which will come in handy for any end of work apocalypse events lol

@randelmalavida Год назад

Wow!!! What a breath of fresh air to see such an effervescence in beautiful people, such as yourselves. What does it say about the heart and soul of a person, who would show you how to save your life. Knowledge Passed down since the dawn of mankind of how to survive and stay alive. In the 21st Centurry if someone losses their cell phone, it's game over!!! What it says to me is that you have given us a gift that is pure love and for the love of life, the knowledge of the forever time, you're that what in nature is truly sublime. Randy Chavez

@BB49 2 года назад

This video is AWESOME!!! It's the most informational video I have seen concerning the process of tanning, start to finish with extremely well defined information!!! Thank you

@lunarrn 3 года назад

Finally someone who can demonstrate this process without boring the living shit out of me. Thanks

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 3 года назад

LMAO!!!! Hehe!!! Thank you so much for such a grand compliment. :-)

@megarouge61 Год назад

I believe I enjoyed your chatting with the audience as much as learning a new process😃

@LukeA1223 2 года назад

When smoking mine I tied them up above the smoke line in my tipi when I lived in the mountains on Vancouver Island. then I could just leave them stretched, working them once in a while with an elk antler butt smoothed on a rock. Good job! Brought back some good memories from before fatherhood. Thanks.

@tminefski 2 года назад

true labor of love. That's a whole lotta man power there brother! Thanks for passing the knowledge.

@joycedimaggio3816 2 года назад

Best tanning video I've seen. Thank you! You answerEd alot of questions.

@georgecuyler7563 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing the entire process of tanning

@terrywiggs7526 2 года назад

Awesome job, i had know idea it took so many steps, im doing my very first deer hide this year. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful way to live.

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

Have fun with the process and enjoy the fruits of your elbow grease! :-)

@jenniferbauman4802 10 месяцев назад

Good video. God bless. From Glenn CATT. In Massachusetts.

@randybeeson3424 3 года назад

Very good presentation. Ive watched dozens of youtubes on the subject.

@deni9626 2 года назад

Wow, what a video. I watched one yesterday where they soaked it in a swamp or muck for months. this is so great.

@tylertoo-ct1sw 9 месяцев назад

Great science lesson.

@eraphtasofstet8645 Год назад

What an awesome video! Now I can make some gorgeous moccasins from my tribe, the traditional way!

@jeromemcdonald2741 2 года назад

Always up for a good training in the primitive way of doing things. Thanks 😊😁

@johnnottahcal5725 Год назад

Just fantastic. I wish I would have learned how years ago but I’m so excited after watching your video, I gotta go- much tan work and supplies gathering to do! ✌️❤️

@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284 Год назад

As someone who cooks, there's a much faster way to separate a lot of eggs. Crack all the eggs you need into a bowl. Pick up a yolk and pass it back and forth between your fingers, allowing the white to slide into the bowl. It's more than twice as fast as the 'pass' method. When you're working with large volume, that really is the best way to do it. If you want to save your whites, be sure to wash your hands first. Whites can be frozen by themselves. Just pour them in a ziplock bag, squeeze out the air, and freeze. Don't add anything to them or they'll crystalize. Don't whisk, stir, or otherwise add air to them. To use later, just let thaw overnight in the fridge. They'll be perfectly fine to use normally. The yolks need a different technique, so they shouldn't be frozen with the whites.

@johnjude2685 Год назад

Seems you covered all the bases. I have a hide and started to setup for doing my first hopefully I'll enjoy it and I love DIY projects such as this. This old man wishes he had a way to learning this years ago Thanks Kids are the best hobby

@bucknards1898 3 года назад

Very cool dude! Never seen something like this! Awesome 😎

@brentthebloodhound Год назад

Awesome video! I’ve never seen this process done and now I know why it’s expensive to buy this. It’s natural and very hard work! I might try it ! Thank you!

@davetaylor5568 2 года назад

this is awesome, thanks for putting it up

@christophermoon3717 2 года назад

What an amazing adventure! I loved this, thanks brotha!

@mrsdascavich5319 2 года назад

best video of the full process!!!

@jodyferguson3068 Месяц назад

I love the video on how to clean and tan a hide I wanted to see how to make a pair of moccasins a pair of Buckskin pants and I've looked through all the videos and can't find anything so I guess I'll just figure it out myself

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey Месяц назад

Coming soon, full courses will be available. Contact me Len@ancientearthskills.com

@ryandavis2928 2 года назад

absolutely beautiful

@TrevorChenier 6 месяцев назад

Amazing Chi Miigwetch Brother 🦅❤️💪🏾🙏🏾🪶

@Offshore912 5 дней назад

Put a gallon of your campfire. Hey see in the water heater water to 140° and dpi down here later I did put it out in about three minutes do that about three times until the hair starts to fill you up. Yeah, water hot. It won’t take very long. The hair will fall off when you scrape it then you won’t have to smell the stink in the flies

@DavidKissinger-cm3lh 9 месяцев назад

you don't need lye. soak the hide in water, rain water or from a stream. add wood ashes to the water, stir the water wood ashes up . only takes a few days to week to get the hair to slip. wood ash and water is much safer and free.

@bobrobinson4557 2 года назад

Enjoyed the video and learning the process. Than you.

@buckethead151 Год назад

This was great! Very informative! I learned alot and can't wait to tan another hide!

@americanpatriot2979 2 года назад

Awesome video great job tanning.

@Peter-swe 11 месяцев назад

Really good video🤘 Thanks! /Peter from Sweden

@duanehirini2078 Год назад

This is absolutely amazing. Just thinking how the hell did primitive peoples figure out this whole process without any knowledge of science!

@charlesfoleysr6610 2 года назад

When I worked at www pig skin tannery, your fat liquoring step was called bate. It was combination of acidifying the leather and liquoring. This remived any redidual alkaline from the dehairing process. Then the hides were pickled (acid and salt brine). They finished with a chrome liquor tan. But from here you can vegetsble tan, or brain or oil tan.

@nouseforaname182 2 года назад

Chrome is a cheep way of tanning that's quite pollutant and not good for sensitive skin (like other chemical tanning)

@charlesleblanc6638 2 года назад

You need a higher fleshing beam, that one looks hard on the back ! It's a lot of work but well worth it.

@randallcrawford4141 2 года назад

Cool I've seen and done different animal skins in different ways with tree tannins from bark or leaves instead of lye gives a different color... To soften the hide rubbing it over a log like the one you used to dehair the hide. .the Eskimo way they chew on the hide with their teeth and use animal fat and smoke the hide also so there are several methods really like how yours turned out would like to give it a try the tannins help to soften the hide I usually soak the bark a week so the tannins have the water almost black to dark brown even found black walnut very good too besides oak the I think the Cherokee Indians used a bark that died the skins a nice yellow color I also have heard of lye soap made with animals fat and ashes from the fire make lye for lye soap and just like regular lye can burn your skin so can the tannin water and stain your hands so rubber gloves should be worn . I've tanned small game animals leaving the fur on so some of the teqniqu can be tested on them just keep in mind their hides are thinner like rabbit that you have to be gentle with them so they don't tear. Snake skins we'd stretch on boards with tact's and rub salt on and dry then use a leather oil and bees wax working it over a smooth board to soften it but is thin as paper.

@kaylahall1219 2 года назад

Very beautiful!

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

thank you so much!

@jaifethroberts4193 2 года назад

An easy and cheap way to get the hair off, is to put a bunch of ash in water, and let the hide soak in that. Its cheaper than lye, and a lot faster, I've had hides take 2 days to slip. Edit: Ita also safe, ya not gonna burn yourself on cold ash!

@redemption7449 Год назад

Any measurements?

@CampfireKodiak 2 года назад

Awesome video! Subscribed!

@jeffhuntley2921 2 года назад

Its all fun and games until you show up to the party in a deer skin banana hammock:)

@deanarogers9848 2 года назад

That was AMAZING!! As a brand new Homesteader in our New Home State of Arkansas I am trying to learn as much as I can of doing things the Old Ways and better for our Land and Environment. I have never been Deer Hunting but my Husband wants to give it a try sense he has not been sense going with His Father in his young adult years. And have always wanted to tan a hide like my Great Grandmother's Cherokee family might have. I know it will be hard the first time around but it will be soon Rewarding in the end. I want to Tan Rabbit Pelts as well, will I use the same process as You did with the Deer's Skin?

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

Pelt tanning is a little different process, though many of the principals are the same. You want to remove the membrane (inside layer) only and then fat liquor and work till soft and dry, then smoke the pelt to finish.

@charlesfoleysr6610 2 года назад

Wild rabbit is a bit harder than domesticated rabbits. Their hide is much thinner. Easy to tear the skin.

@traphunter_sekihan 2 года назад

素晴らしいです！こんなに綺麗になめせるのは素晴らしいです！

@donaldroberson915 8 месяцев назад

That looks back breaking with that low flushing bean.

@andrewlast1535 Год назад

You had me at those OG cammies. Lol Like and subscribed.

@raykemry954 2 месяца назад

I save my wood stove ash and stir about 6 shovel fully for 25 gal I soak in a plastic 55 gal drum.stir as often as possible until Hair slips I use a pressure washer to remove both inside and outside waste and hair.wear safety gear AND gloves. I got a staff infection and almost lost my finger all due to a splinter I got under my finger nail

@crobertsson7030 Год назад

Great video. Love your passion!

@raydizon9669 2 года назад

Thank you so much for sharing

@meemurthelemur4811 Год назад

Speaking from experience, the wind knows exactly what "quiet on the set" means, it just doesn't care!😂😂😂

@ToddWittenmyerBackwoodsLiving 2 года назад

Nice work! I'm gonna give this a try!

@potatosniper5340 2 года назад

Nice video. I might have to give it a go on my next kill

@coryvinyard9018 8 месяцев назад

This is so comprehensive. I'm really impressed! Do you offer a class?

@DukeFrazierProductions Год назад

My God how does your back not constantly hurt with your fleshing beam so low.

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey Год назад

Deep squats with a straight back 😂 it’s definitely time for a new, more ergonomic model!

@09vanjes 2 года назад

Thank you for the great video

@TrekTracks74 2 года назад

Killed a lot of deer, always wanted to make my own buckskin, think I’d use the brain 🧠 technique, great vid man 👍

@phihelix8777 2 года назад

Way cool video. Thanks for sharing.

@TJHutchExotics 3 года назад

Great vid! your beam would break my back! Lol

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

hehehe!

@crusader.survivor Год назад

Thank you so much for your excellent presentation with detailed scientific explanations! That's too bad about the brains though, as I find eating brain to be quite tasty!

@kimcurtis423 Год назад

For God's sake, man, and yours, too raise that fleshing beam to belt buckle height by screwing or nailing straight branches, 2X4s, or whatever to the beam, and save your backs! I've done hundreds of hides and I do know what I'm talking about so I'm not just making an idiotic comment! You'll thank me, later in your lives if you do much of this! Also, I've heard that if you are able to obtain pure lecithin and use it for the fatty acid for penetration, that it works better than egg yolks! I've not tried it! I'm 70 and no longer doing any of this so, if you try it on your next project, will you let us know how it worked? Since the brain is mainly lecithin, it's like using the same thing, I'm told, but less smelly and messy! You did a very good job and your end product shows it! Thanks for uploading the video! Best wishes!

@ManyskunksKimCurtis Год назад

Very good video! BUT, man, RAISE the fleshing beam to belt buckle level with sticks, 2X4s or whatever, nailed or screwed to the beam! Otherwise you WILL hurt your backs! One would think the first time youused the beam to flesh at that almost ground level, you'd have figured that out! I've done tons of them so, I'm not some idiot with an off-the-wall comment! I DO know what I'm talking about! Your end product IS very well done! SOFT and velvety!

@BAC-bm8em 2 года назад

WOW that’s a lot of work.

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

Definitely a labor of love, sweat and elbow grease! Lol!

@wonaegun7143 8 месяцев назад

I have yet to complete a hide tanning , but Your videeo was a very complete and informative session for sure ! But I do have to ask , was it only the smoke from the burning wood chunks that was used? Hint hint!

@journey.of.wheelz Год назад

Awesome video 🙏 any chance I can get a pattern for the moccasins in the title pic?

@xionix4 Год назад

PSA: You can make your own lye from running water through hardwood ashes (a lot of ashes, but doable).

@anthonybeshires9255 Год назад

just wanted to say that if you don't rack the hide you can basically stop and start as many times as you want. Jus roll the hide up and place in a ziplock bag, then continue when convenient. or place into a freezer until ready to resume. on the rack once it drys stiff it will stay stiff. I never rack a hide and they all have turned out as soft and loose as silk......

@bailey3668 10 месяцев назад

Great video How much would you sell one of those hides for. I would do it myself but my back and joints can't take it.

@danno1800 2 года назад

What is that called that you are scraping the hair with? Thanks

@johnjude2685 Год назад

Lye ? Is this something I shouldn't drain into my garden soil or would it benefit my garden as kind the skin itself would decompose great in my compose pile.?

@robinworkman3621 9 месяцев назад

Amazing! I've often wondered,who was the first person to do this,how did they figure it out or even think of doing it?

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 9 месяцев назад

me too! :-)

@runemoe9559 Год назад

Best tanning video so far! Thank you! Does this make the hide waterproof? If not. Want to try it out and make some clothes!

@user-gf2xd2uh2z 11 месяцев назад

This is a really good video. I watch an unreasonable number of videos on primitive skills and survival techniques and usually they do a great job giving you the basics. Your videos do quite a bit more than that. I feel like anyone who knew ABSOLUTELY nothing about tanning a hide could watch this, understand it, and do it. I'm also very impressed with the way you address issues that may or may not occur at certain points in the processes you show. It's very easy for things to go wrong for anyone attempting these types of primitive skills for the first time and it's doubly important to remain calm and especially manage your expectations. GL to all the hunters in 2023.

@davidbennett1357 2 года назад

So I have just recently been getting interested in survival/homesteading type stuff, and I will freely admit that I know very little at the moment. My question is this: is it possible to make clothing that retains the animal hair? I am wondering both from an aesthetic point of view and a heat retention point of view as well. Please forgive my ignorance.....

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

Good question, and the answer is yes. You can tan with the hair on. After fleshing it you want to rack it and dry scrape the membrane layer off, then apply a fat liquor and soften till dry, then smoke. It's a lot to do described in only a few words here...however I am planning on making more video on the subject. You can search for pelt tanning for more hair on info.

@Tbowie13 2 года назад

The old ladies at Walmart are wondering why there are no clothespins at the store! Lol I saw your antler beads, turkey leg bones make very nice beads as well, and will take dyes if you choose to turn them different colors. Enjoyed your video man. Curious, did you dye the leather in spots to get that leafy almost camo pattern on the buckskin?

@vromansaltzman5276 Год назад

Hope that wasn't an aluminum hubcap they don't react well to lye.

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey Год назад

plastic for sure! Good observation 🙂

@tdnolting8859 2 года назад

Dang! I wanted to see the moccasins.

@johnblack9952 2 года назад

I use wood ash in soaking my hides

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

Wood ash works great too! Do you use the egg float method to test the strength of your solution?

@jadeddragon4254 2 года назад

Dane cook 2010 ? Is that you ? Haha jk awesome video, you’ve inspired me to do this

@nailbendert4569 2 года назад

I need a squaw to help me

@johnp.turner2000 9 месяцев назад

How long does the hide need to be in the Egg Liquor between wringings? Thanks

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 9 месяцев назад

long enough to rehydrate and soften up completly, the warmer the water is the fast it goes

@brendaschritt5998 Год назад

Great video! exactly what I’ve been searching for as I work with my first deer hide. Question - can I freeze the hide after dehairing and graining before brain or egg tanning? I find myself at a stage now where I don’t have time to continue the process at the moment.

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey Год назад

Thanks so much! You sure can. The freezer is a good way to pause the process. You can thaw and then do the fat liquor at any point you’re ready:-) you can pause it after egging too, though when you rack it you want it to be evenly moist before softening. Have fun!

@brendaschritt5998 Год назад

@@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey Thanks so much for the reply! And I’m happy that I can pause the process. Would actually like to try my hand at frost scraping this winter. I am a bit confused about the difference between grain and membrane on the hair side of the hide. The grain seems to be the grayish thin layer but do you take the thin layer below that (epidermis) off as well? Is this the membrane? There are some sections on my hide where a small ovals of this came off already while I was graining. Doesn’t look that good, as most of it is smooth (almost shiny) and then there are these small pockets peeling. I’m wondering if all of it should come off?

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey Год назад

@@brendaschritt5998 yes scrape the membrane off too while it’s wet, just like the grain layer. Then later, When you rack it to soften use the pumice stone to get the rest

@mohamadnasimi3815 2 года назад

میشه از شماها خواهش کنم کسی کل این کار را برایم به زبان فارسی توضیح دهد

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

i wish I could speak persian!

@adilsabr2673 2 года назад

Great job! I have a question, if you don't mind please; I can't smoke the hide for several technical reasons, so I made a mixture of lard, honeybee, and liquid paraffin (1:1:2 ratio), and applied that on my hide. Will this be enough to make my hide waterproof?

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

That sounds like a good water proofing mixture! though I am not sure if that will work to keep it supple if it gets wet? There are other types of commercial tanning solutions that you can get to ensure it remains soft after being wet. If it hardens you can re-soften the hide, though that is not ideal.

@nouseforaname182 2 года назад

Pretty sure you would have to aply it at least every so often, maybe requalarly sinualar to waterproofing camping gear

@chasonhayes435 2 года назад

Sorry I clicked on the video about bark tanning and it took me here. I have tanned about 40 hides with with 30 in to buckskin 5 with bark tan and the rest hair on with Mckenzie tan. I have some nice soft skins but some of them refused to soften up despite repeated dressing and wringing. Not sure what was different.

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

Stiffness post dressing and wringing may come from not acidifying the hide after bucking with lye or wood ash, or perhaps not having a strong enough brain/egg solution for fat liquoring, or stopping the softening process before the hide is completely dry. If you are bark tanning you will want to oil the hide afterwards to help soften it more.

@duanevigue1603 2 года назад

Dang. The beginning of the video was spring, end of the video was winter. Takes a while to tan one, eh? lol

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

lmao! to tan and make a video, while doing the rest of life definitely takes some time :-)

@cb7172 3 года назад

Rather than make a smoke bag, could you hang it in a smoke house?

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 3 года назад

For sure, as long as the smoke is nice and thick and it’s not too hot, it should be just fine :-)

@bradnecolemorris6302 9 месяцев назад

Where did you get the lime flakes?

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 9 месяцев назад

you may find them on tannery websites or etsy

@kaylahall1219 2 года назад

In commercial processes they roll it between two large metal drums. I am wondering if that can be replicated at home with an old washing machine

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

I am a fan of experimentation! You never know, it may work out great..?

@susie9893 2 года назад

So if you use brains for the fat liquoring what's the process? Do you need to scramble the brains or boil the fat out completely? (I'm v much into zero wastage but I also do NOT eat brains 🤢)

@ZyonSigil 2 года назад

For the retting process my father and i used to use our urine or hard wood ash. Urine works wonderfully well though collecting it and storing it is a bit how shall i say odd when the girl your dating at 15 finds said jug and decides to open it getting that wonderful smell that just reminds you of grandmas biscuits and gravy for breakfast... I'm joking she was mortified and nearly vomited it was hilarious. Ah but that smell though (deep inhale) ahhhh nothing like it.

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

hehe...never utilized urine to ret a hide, though I use it to make dyes for camouflaging buckskin. I will definitely have to try it. the ammonia smell is intense! LOL!

@mr.j5919 2 года назад

A pressure washer does great

@lavonneschultz2362 2 года назад

Why not use a rolling pin on it?

@thebhut3446 2 года назад

Could lard or other fat be used for fat liquoring?

@ventures9560 2 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0ZKls7cJhec.html ^ Len, I can't really tell how the tool is designed. Is it a square edge (like the spine of a knife)? Or is it sharpened to a wedge (like the blade of a knife)? Trying to imagine how to improvise a tool (what would work in place of it if you had to use something from nature). Thanks

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

It has a one angled edge, kind of like a draw knife for shaping wood, but really really dull.

@Trailsend72 Год назад

How long should you soak it in the liquor each time

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey Год назад

Long enough for the solution to soak back into the dermis and be soft and flexible again. + or - 10min. Some folks do 20... you can hasten the process by working the skin in the solution stretching it and making sure the liquor penetrates into the spots that are driest from wringing.

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey Год назад

Also forgot to mention... the warmer the water is the faster it will go. As long as you can comfortably hold your hand in the warm solution you can be sure it won't cook the hide

@Trailsend72 Год назад

Thank you this will help alot

@chasonhayes435 2 года назад

How did you keep the flies from laying eggs and the maggots from eating your skins? I always have that problem with bark tanning because it stays dormant for so long.

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

Make sure all the fat and flesh is off the hide, and stir your solution regularly. Also making sure the bark solution is strong enough will expedite the process.

@jaifethroberts4193 2 года назад

2:27, LOL

@StevieChilds 2 года назад

Just out of curiosity, is the lye being in flake form essential? I make soap and I have lye crystals, if I can use what I have around already that'd be great 🙂 thanks for the video!

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

I imagine that the lye crystals are likely the same thing, but in smaller form they’ll have more surface area. This being the case you may not need quite as much volume to accomplish the same effect, though to be sure you may want to use roughly the same measurements. I suppose one could grind down the lye flakes into crystals and compare the volumes to get a precise amount. What kinds of soap are you making?

@paulskvorc7021 2 года назад

What is total elapsed time?

@AncientEarthSkillsLenMackey 2 года назад

hard to say really as I have never clocked it.. maybe and hour to flesh, soak four days in a lye or wood ash solution, then a couple hours to grain and membrane, then maybe 2 more for fat liquoring and ringing and wracking, then softening can take four to 13 hours (if a large hide and its really humid) then making your hide bag gluing is a quick half hour, while sewing it together can take a day and a half, finally smoking (including prep time to gather punk wood) may take a few hours. Definitely hours and hours, though if you have everything on hand you can expedite the process for sure. the boon is held in the longevity and durability of the fabric, its beauty, and the incredible softness of your final buckskin.