smoking leather?

[jkyarcher]

Thanks for the info I did not plan to do this with large hides I was just wondering

if it was a good method for smaller animals instead of braining or egging a hide of a smaller animal.

I thought this would be an easier process for small animals. If this method was used and the hides got wet would they stay soft the way brain tanned hides would.

[aaron]

not sure , but if they got wet you'd probably have to re-soften. Wetting a hair on hide is not a good idea- hard to dry and causes hair slippage. I just use the hides done this way for stuff i am not going to use out in the wet.