Oapiastos88

Good morning, the hide was chemically tanned with a tanning kit off a taxidermy website ( lutan f is the name of the kit). So essentially the product was skinned, fleshed, salted ,pickled, neutralized ,put into a tanning agent, then softened with a softening oil. It is soft and has gotten passed the stage of a stiff raw hide.

Hello guys, really big newbie here.. But I love leather work non the less and need to learn!.. Ok so my situation is this, I have a deer hide. It has been tanned ,from what I know well, so I'm left with a kinda raw white leather. I want to eventually make a belt/ wallet out of the hide. I want it to look right with your rustic coloring and mybe an engraving . What are my next steps? Do I dye the hide and how ? Do I water proof it first ?? Help! What steps should I take to achieve my goal?