I enjoyed a demanding 2 1/2 day training session on primitive deerskin to "brain-tanned" buckskin technique. We started by skinning a reasonably fresh roadkill whitetail doe and then got individual hides to process.

I believe my partner and I made all the mistakes possible and will be featured on the blooper tape, but we did learn. Now if my jacket would just stop smelling of punky woodsmoke ....

We're going to convert our buckskin [doeskin?] into a banner for our primitive skills class. Using primitive dyes and inks we are going to create pictographs for the various primitive skills the club is promoting.

Anybody else find this skill of interest?

i have an interest in all those "old time" skills..
brain tanning--seems every animals brain is enough to tan it's hide..maybe a lesson there--
knifes from files..clay ovens--birch bark box's..cups from tree burls..the problem is that back when people had to do and make these things there was nothing else to do.
now who has the time,space or raw materals??

It's the old saw: how do you eat an elephant?

I found another guy who had similar interests. We started a Yahoo group and invited anyone we ran across on any forum who seemed interested. Now we have 54 members, most in the greater Sacramento CA area. Many members bring experience and we teach each other. We learn, make lots of rookie mistakes, learn from our mistakes, take classes together, and have a great time.

In other words: one bite at a time.