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Thank you for your donations!

A big thanks to the people and companies ( now at 98!) who provided samples for our collection of hides and leather, tools & related products!!!

Why a collection of hides & leather & related products?  So the boys can see up close & feel the beauty & difference between the various types of animals. 

This helps them appreciate the beauty and variety of these miraculous creatures.  This appreciation should build a sense of respect and further develop a sense of responsibility to use our resources wisely.

American Tanning & Leather, Griffin, GA - Alligator swatches  www.amtan.com
Artistic Taxidermy, Portland, OR - antelope, deer & elk samples,  www.ortaxidermy.com
Beaver Pond Products, Redmond, OR - Russian squirrel,  www.beaverpondproducts.com
Beckner Feather Duster Company, TN - ostrich feather duster,  www.becknerfeatherduster.com
Bollman Hat Company, PA - wool hat & wool materials, www.bollmanhats.com   
Boss family, WA  - Powder horn (made from cow horn for carrying gun powder)
Brandywine Leather, CA - Ostrich & ostrich leg leather      www.brandywineleathers.com
Bud's Tree Service, OR - hardwoods for the scouts to make mallets
Buffalo Wool Company, TX - buffalo wool glove & buffalo wool fiber www.thebuffalowoolco.com 
Cabela's - camping equipment for prizes   www.cabelas.com
Campbell Farms / Randy Campbell, Alpine, TN - Rattlesnake skins; Eastern, diamondback water moccasin & canebrake rattler
Carolyn B., Eldorado Springs, CO - full Lapland Finland Reindeer skin
Cascade Biological Supply, WA - Black bear, beaver, coyote, Finnish raccoon, fox, mink, mule deer,
  otter, skunk, squirrel, wolf     www.cascadebiological.com
Chuck B., Tigard, OR - leatherwork tools & supplies & cherry wood & apple wood for mallets
Crazy Moose Fabrics, Greenville, ME - Australian toad cane leather
Culpepper & Co, Otto, NC - Chicken feet leather & stingray leather swatches    www.knifehandles.com
Curtis B, OR - holly wood for making mallets
Dad - leather quiver (he hand made & tooled in junior high)
Dave, Happy Valley, OR - leatherwork tool
David Kerr Violin Shop, OR - violin bow with horse hair bow hair
David Morgan, Seattle - kangaroo leather samples www.davidmorgan.com 
District Leathers, NYC - kid skin samples www.districtleathers.com
Eidnes Furs, ID - full Fisher pelt, nutria hide, Tibetan goat, turtle shell    www.eidnesfurs.com
Fred Meyer, OR - tools & materials www.fredmeyer.com
Frog Soap, Bremerton, WA - badger hair shaving brush www.frogsoap.com
Fur Commission USA - Arctic Mink Teddy Bears & Ocelot Teddy Bear & educational materials www.furcommission.com
Fur Council of Canada - educational materials & DVD's   www.furisgreen.com
Gage B., Rogue Valley, OR - Wild boar tusk from Hawaii
Garland Manufacturing, Maine - water buffalo rawhide leather mallet  www.garlandmfg.com 
Glen McBride, OR - Artic fox, blue fox, cross fox, grey fox, red fox, silver fox & lynx samples
Hardwood Industries, Sherwood, OR - hardwoods for wood mallets   www.hardwoodind.com
Henry's Shoe Repair, Ely, MN - moose leather sample, www.henrysshoerepair.com 
Jared, OR - expertise & time in woodworking shop to make tools
Jai, OR - white tail deer hide, fox tails, minks & scrap leather & needles
Jeri & Tom Hazelton, OR - full Muskrat hide, full tanned fox & shipping costs for donated samples
Jill, Omaha, NE - Guatamalan alpaca wool bag, camel leather wallet
Jim August Taxidermy, Garden Home, OR - African porcupine, Barasingha Asian deer, blackbuck Bushbuck, Dalmation Sheep, European boar, European red deer, eland, European wild boar, fallow deer, gemsbok, kudu, Marco Polo sheep, red deer, red hartbeast, Roebuck European deer, sable antelope, springbok, warthog, & zebra samples
JRC Glove, Centralia, WA - elk glove  www.jrcglove.com
John Fong, San Francisco, CA - Cape buffalo, frog, gemsbok, hippo, stingray, turkey         www.johnfongexoticleathers.com
Kiernan Taxidermy, WA - Spanish goat  www.kiernanstaxidermy.com
Dr. K. Knight, BN Museum - N. American & African samples; mountain goat, topis, wolverine
Kullen GmbH, Germany - Ostrich feathers from automotive brushes  www.kullen.de 
Lakeside Lumber, Tualatin, OR - materials for wooden mallets   www.lakesidelumber.com
Larry D., Portland, OR - sheepskin shepherd's bag & rabbit skin shawl & pocket knife
Lorie H., OR - New Zealand sheepskin rugs
Lowes Home Improvement - hand tools & materials  www.lowes.com
M&M Turf Supply, OH - Horse hair samples
Marilyn, OR - antique women's beaver felt hat
Matt & Sara Maxfield, CO - leather tools & design kit
Meike Young, KS - "Back to Basics" book
Micah W., OR - alphabet stamp set & leather pieces
Michael C., Tigard, OR - Goat & cow horns
Mike J., Portland, OR - Eel skin briefcase
Mike Jones, Portland, OR - St. Martin cow horn canteen
Mitchell Powell Furnishings, Ashland, OR - vegetable tanned leather, furniture leather  www.mitchellpowellfurnishings.com
Mom - full tanned beaver hide
Museum of the Mountain Man, Pinedale, WY - education DVD, museumofthemountainman.com 
Mr. Thompson, OR - expertise & time in woodworking shop to make mallets & edger tools
Mr. W, Pacific Northwest - full mink pelt
My Uncle, WA - full reindeer pelt & piece of ironwood for wooden mallet
Natural Stone Designs, OR - stone samples for leather stamping www.naturalstonedesignsinc.com
Nichol Family, OR - Leather alphabet stamp set
Olympia Gloves / Peter Kiernan,  NY - bison leather kits to make mittens, www.olypiagloves.com
Oregon & More Jerky, Seaside, OR - kangaroo jerky samples   800-711-6911
Oregon Leather Company, Portland, OR - full rabbit hide & bobcat face   www.oregonleatherco.com
Oregon Trappers Association - tanned mole hide
Overland Sheepskin Co, Taos, NM - alpaca wool & fur gloves,  www.overland.com
The Plensky family, OR - decorated African cow leather
REI - camping tools & pen lights
Richard at Clean Sweep, Portland, OR - full sheepskin rug, mink coat & coyote shawl www.cleansweep-inc.net
RockinYak, AL - yak wool yarn
Roje Leather, Branson, MO - Crocodile, ostrich, python & stingray swatches    www.rojeleather.com
Dr. Ryan Brock, WSF, NV - Bighorn sheep horn samples & educational materials
Scott, Boring, OR - Beaver hide, coyote hide, full grey squirrel hide, racoon hide, multiple bird feathers
Santa Claus, The North Pole - Osage orange hardwood & woodworking tools to make mallets
Schleich Toys, NC - toy animals for educational matching game   https://www.schleich-s.com/en/US/
Sea Leather Wear, Canada - salmon, perch and carp leather www.sealeatherwear.com 

Sean Ralstin, OR - full Kangaroo hide
Sheepskin of Oregon, Portland, OR - Sheepskin samples    www.sheepskinoforegon.com
Skullduggery, Toutle, WA - raccoon skull    www.skullpreparation.com 
Skull Mountain, WA - rabbit pelts  www.skullmountain.net
Solar T Alpaca Ranch, Newberg, OR - Alpaca fiber & yarn   www.alpacasrus.net
Southern Glove, NC - pigskin leather gloves & cowhide welding gloves  www.southernglove.com
Sullivan Glove, Bend, OR - bison leather gloves  www.sullivanglove.com
Sunset Leather Company, Pacific Grove, CA - Bison & deer leather, pig suede, ostrich & stingray swatches     www.sunsetleather.com
Superior Glove, Canada - deerskin  & goat skin gloves  www.superiorglove.com
Tammy E, WA - Peruvian alpaca fur teddy bear
Tandy Leather, Portland, OR - Cow hide sample (with hair)        www.tandyleatherfactory.com
Don Brown, Ted Blocker Holsters, Tigard, OR - leather scraps & horse leather  www.tedblockerholsters.com
The Tin Shed, New Zealand - possum wool & possum wool yarn www.thetinshed.co.nz
Tom T., Hillsboro, OR - full coyote hide & full rabbit hide
Touch of Mink, Salem, OR - mink oil samples   www.touchofmink.com
Tyler W., Portland, OR - cherry wood for wooden mallets
The Home Depot - tools   www.homedepot.com
VanAmburg Leathers, Blackfoot, ID - Anaconda skin, crocodile, full frog skin, hippo, kangaroo leather, ringed lizard, Nile crocodile, ostrich & shark swatches  www.vanamburgleathers.com
Weibel Taxidermy, Lake Oswego, OR - Antelope, aoudad sheep, black bear, big horn sheep, bison, bushbuck, cape buffalo, caribou, cougar, coyote, dall sheep, deer hides (tanned), dik-dik antelope, elk, gazelle, grizzly, hippopotamus, impala, ibex sheep, moose, mountain goat, musk ox, raccoon, Thompson Gazelle, waterbuck & wolverine samples + full Artic fox & badger & bobcat hides  www.weibeltaxidermy.com
Weyerhaeuser, WA - photos of wild North American animals  www.weyerhaeuser.com
Wild Sheep Foundation, Bozeman, MT - educational materials & loaner bighorn sheep horns  www.wildsheepfoundation.org
Wyoming Dept Fish & Wildlife, WY - pronghorn antelope skullcap & horns

Creating a coonskin cap

Cutting the skins

Visit to a tack & saddle shop

Choose a coon hide

Sewing the skins

Coonskin cap with fox tail (left) & with coon tail (right)

Our project - a coonskin cap!

Requirement # 3 is to make an article out of leather.  We will make a real coonskin cap!  Yes, this will be from the tanned hide of a racoon (or skunk or possum).

We buy the hides from a fur trader in Washington who legally traps the animals.

Our process will include the following steps;
1.  Pattern layout and transfer
2. Cutting leather
3. Punching holes
4. Stamping surface designs
5. Assembly by stitching 

Leatherwork Merit Badge requirements

1. Identify and demonstrate to your counselor the safe use of
   a. leatherworking tools.  
   b. Show correct procedures for handling leathercraft dyes, cements, and finished.
   c. Know first aid for cuts, internal poisoning, and skin irritation.
2. Explain to your counselor
   1. Where leather comes from
   2. What kinds of hides are used to make leather
   3. What are five types of leather
   4. What are the best uses for each type of leather
3. Make one or more articles of leather that use at least five of the following steps:
   1. Pattern layout and transfer
   2. Cutting leather
   3. Punching holes
   4. Carving or stamping surface designs.
   5. Applying dye or stain and finish to the project.
   6. Assembly by lacing or stitching
   7. Setting snaps and rivets
   8. Dressing edges
4. Recondition or show that you can take proper care of your shoes, a baseball glove, a saddle, furniture or other articles of leather.
5. Do ONE of the following:
   1. Learn about the commercial tanning process. Report about it to your merit badge counselor.
   2. Tan the skin of a small animal. Describe the safety precautions you will take and the tanning method that you used.
   3. Braid or plait an article out of leather or vinyl lace.
   4. Visit a leather-related business. This could be a leathercraft supply company, a tannery, a leather goods or shoe factory, or a saddle shop. Report on your visit to your counselor.