tanning snake skins

[kybackwoodsman]

ok how the best way to home tan a snake skin without a kit. braintan alum, alcohol/glycerin. i want a durable leather and not brittle and stiff.

[dnick]

I don't have an answer for you but I have a rattlesnake skin in the freezer so I also need to find out how to tan it. Duane

[kybackwoodsman]

so far ive found to use a mixture of alcohol and glycerin 70-40%. or a glycol based antifreeze. clear is the best so it dont stain the skin.

[dnick]

What is the procedure do you soak it? if so for how long or do you brush it on?

[kybackwoodsman]

i think u soak it. i googled it lol

[pilgrim]

       http://www.thetanneryinc.com/snakeskin.html

       

[Otter]

Thanks to both of you. I too had been wondering how to tan snakeskin.

[Hawken50]

   Wellll;; first ya mix up 2 parts aloe vera and 2 parts ccocoa butter.Then have your snake lay out no more than an hour each side every day for a week.    But i dont understand why ya want a tanned snake?? All the other snakes will be jealous. 

[hotfxr]

  Wellll;; first ya mix up 2 parts aloe vera and 2 parts ccocoa butter.Then have your snake lay out no more than an hour each side every day for a week.    But i dont understand why ya want a tanned snake?? All the other snakes will e jealous. 

     

[Otter]

Well duh, a pale snake shows up too easily in the brush! 

[Hank12]

I know I've seen snake skins that were real soft tanned but this one I just rubbed salt into it and wrapped it around a strip of thin leather for my hatband and it's lasted over 40 yrs.(since the early 70s)  without a problem.

[hotfxr]

Talking about this topic with a friend of mine and he reminded me that I tanned one 30 yrs ago. Skinned it and soaked it in a brine solution for a day or so, took it out, scraped it, then nailed it to a board and let it dry out. Used it for a hat band. Hmm I wonder what happend to that hat. Probably gone the same place my memory went to.

[Hawken50]

   Not the deep dark woods....... 

[Hawken50]

  Seriously....Found this on da net.
http://crotalus.kittycrack.net/tanning.htm