Skins or Pelts or Furs

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

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.

[Meadcrafter]

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[artificer]

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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[O'Searcaigh]

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.

ith:

Yea, I agree: absolutely the best solution (no pun intended). Three votes for that, so far!!!

[Harold Cannon]

I have tanned a number of pelts while I was a scout and I got away from doing it for a reason. It takes time and can be a messy job. If you do have a tannery local to you that would be your best bet. Plus if you had a few hides done up there may be a few on the forum who would help you by taking some of the fee on in return for a hide or two. Just an idea.