Tanning A Dried Salted Buffalo Hide

[Tanning A Dried Salted Buffalo Hide]

I was just gifted a buffalo hide today. Its been mostly scraped, salted, and dried. It still has all its fur, and if possible I would like to keep it that way. Its been folded fur inwards in its dried state. I do not have the brains for tanning this hide. The person that gave it to me has scraped two hides before but sent them to be tanned by a facility, he didnt really care for spending the money on this hide.

I would like to know, what the general process is, what chemicals are best used (preferably environmentally safe, like can I use white vinegar instead of acid for pickling?). I have a general process in mind, but any additional personal experiences or information I get before I start the process is greatly appreciated. I have not tanned anything before. It could be a few days to a couple of weeks before I am in a situation where I have the time to tan this hide properly.

Thanks!

[Clothing, Hat, Bracelets, Bags]

Hello, I'm new! My name is White Fox, and I am a house-less, mostly penny-less, traveling artist, and one of the things I got into this past year is leather working.

Glad I found this site!

Here are some of the things I've worked on the last year. I take critiques but remember I'm still fairly new at this. Everything I do is hand sewn!

Clothing:

My own personal attire: (sorry for the terrible photo!)

Arctic fox pelt made into a hat, red fox ears removable from the head.

Mutli Leather Skirt - Deer, Cow, Sheep scraps pieced together in a puzzle like fashion.

Moccasins - Red and light brown deer hide

Renaissance skirt:

Deer and cow hide.

Renaissance leather Shirt: (you can see my puzzle piece skirt better in this photo, and my leather belt)

Red and light brown deer hide

Accessories:

Bracelets:

Cow, Peacock, Cow with fur, Deer

Bags with shoulder straps:

Deer, Cow, Cow with Fur, and Fox Fur used.

Let me know what you guys think! This is how I make a living, I also hand carve bull and buffalo horn into feather shapes and sell them as pendants. But since that's not technically leather I wont post that.