In this video, Hannah Rhea of Way of the Earth School, goes over an ancient and simple way of turning fish skins into leather. Learn more about our 5 month Residential Immersion Program and more at WayoftheEarth.com
Very interesting, I've learned a lot from your video, thank you. Please did you ever heard about something made of RAW fish skin. I have a tiny piece of salmon skin and I would like to make a little rattle.
Thanks for showing and sharing this! I have two rather large pieces of fish skin. Should I put them in something liquid for a while before I start cleaning it? To make it easier?
I'm not sure of your thinking around wetting or soaking the skin? Regarding your question, what kind of liquid, how long of a soak and what expectations do you have to make cleaning the skin easier? The skin was removed from the fish about two minutes before she started scraping and scaling. This video showed a pretty straight forward process compared to some I've read about. I'm pretty stoked to try it even if I use only one full skin of good size salmon to make a small bag.
Do you think it’s easier to scale the fish when the skin is still on the body or once it’s been skinned? My instinct says it would be easier on the body still. That said, I’ve only scaled 15-20 fish in my life and they have been all kinds of species.
