How to harvest willow bark for tanning

Bark tanning is traditional and a fantastic way to preserve skins and make them soft, flexible, washable, and strengthen thin furs. Tannins in bark tan hides into leather. Thats where the verb "tanning" comes from. There are few people who tan furs with this method anymore, but it works with the local plants of about every region on earth. 00:00 Introduction 00:35 Finding willows 00:59 How to test the bark for tanning 01:55 Harvesting and environmental impact 03:50 Peeling the bark 06:26 What to do with peeled branches 07:47 Modern vs traditional tanned leather 08:52 Leaves for wildlife and livestock 09:28 Drying the bark bundles for storage 10:40 Upcoming videos 10:57 Outro Join My Patreon Community for Exclusive Content and Monthly Classes:   / sagesmokesurvival   Join My Mailing List Here: https://sagesmokesurvival.myflodesk.c... SSS Bushcraft Knife: https://sagesmokesurvival.com/product... Self-Sufficient Meat Rabbits Video Course: https://sagesmokesurvival.com/product... Instagram:   / sagesmokesurvival   TikTok:   / sagesmokesurvival   Facebook: www.facebook.com/seth.larsen.3701 #bushcraft #survival #traditional #leather #primitive #howto #selfsufficiency #nature