Tannery Information

Purpose This is a living post, documenting experimentation with hair-off skins that have been preserved with a Sulphonic Acid based tanning agent, for the purpose of getting better results for derived leather products such as wallets, holsters, and other products requiring material rigidity and wear resistance. Background: What is Leather? Leather is the preserved and… Continue reading Experimentation in Post-Processing of Sulphonic Acid Tanned Leather for Improvements in Durability and Rigidity

If you wish to have us do custom tanning for you, firstly you must properly preserve the skins in accordance with our Preservation Instructions. By mail, we can only accept dry salted pelts for custom tanning. If you do not promptly preserve the skins, we are not responsible for failure to tan. We will know… Continue reading Custom Tanning

Our wool items require special handling, as with all 100% wool items. Hand wash with wool-safe detergent, we use Eucalan or Unicorn Fibre Wash for our wool washing at home. You can hand wash by filing a basin with warm water, immersing the scarf, and gently squeezing the knit to allow it to soak up… Continue reading Wool Care

These instructions assume you are intending to preserve a skin for mailing or transportation to our tannery. This is a Dry Salting method. You must read our Handling Information Materials About 20-25 pounds of non-iodized sodium chloride (table) salt per sheepskin “Solar Naturals” Water softener salt in the blue bag is what I use since… Continue reading Rawstock Preservation Instructions

The first most important thing after flaying an animal you intend to have processed is to properly handle it and perform preservation on the skin, that it does not putrefy between flaying and tanning. There is usually a gap between flaying and tanning, since most butchers do not happen at the tannery. There are many… Continue reading Rawstock Preservation Information

WHAT MAKES A DINSMOOR SHEEPSKINS DIFFERENT? They are made in America. They are made by hand. They are genuine Pacific Northwest sheepskins. We are a small Christian family business, a husband and wife. This is not a mass-produced and distributed product like almost all of our competitors. Most of our competitors import their sheepskins from… Continue reading Frequently Asked Questions

Your Dinsmoor Sheepskin has been tanned to a high degree of quality, and needs very little maintenance outside of cleaning. When the wool becomes depressed from use or filled with debris from outdoor use, simply brush it with a pet “slicker” brush. When the leather gets dirty, simply wipe and rub with a warm damp… Continue reading Care Instructions

Dinsmoor Sheepskins is always looking towards the future, including the building of tools, infrastructure, training, and sourcing of materials. We offer an opportunity to those inclined to engage with us in a professional manner as independent contractors (hereafter referred to as a “partner”). We are currently accepting applications for the following part-time partnerships. Please fill… Continue reading Partnering With Us