A friend of mine used to tack a hide to plywood and cover it with Borax and leave it laying flat for about a month and his turned out pretty good but not sure if he did anything else to it or not. I do know all the flesh has got to be removed or it may rot I've also heard salt will work but never trying it myself not sure what would work best.I know you can buy some stuff from Vandykes that will tan a hide and it's powder form.. ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Ordes To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] How to preserve elk hyde?
Alan, Any taxidermy shop can help you through the multi-step process, but an overview for tannning that will give you a soft leather hide like you find in shops is on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning It is involved, and when I wanted hides tanned, I brought them into a tannery and he added them to his batches for a minimal fee. My suggestion, if you don't actually want to learn it yourself. If you do, there's different methods depending on the results you want. I would love to know how Wapsi gets their hides done. The leather is awesome and the hair is never brittle. Hope this helps. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Di Somma To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:41 PM Subject: [VFB] How to preserve elk hyde? I have a nice piece of elk rump. I want to remove all the fat and what ever else is there but I want the hyde to be pliable. I have dried other pieces of hyde with borax and salt, but it was always very hard and stiff. When you buy a piece of deer fur the hyde is usually very flexible. Can any one tell me what kind of chemicals are used ? Thank you, Alan Di Somma You know your a redneck when: You can entertain yourself for more than 15 minutes with a fly swatter. http://www.azflyfishing.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
