Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
I once tried to tan a prong horn antelope hide with only limited success. As Mike has pointed out, tanning a cow hide would be a fairly involved process (and neighbours might complain of the smell). Since you are getting the hide for free, you might want to find a local tannery and ask what they'd charge to tan the hide for you. I doubt it would be more than a couple of quid, and you'd end up with an excellent piece of leather to work with... unlike my "self disintegrating" antelope hide.
I'm with MoR here. As you are getting them for little to no cost, find a good local tanner and have them do the dirty work.

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