all you bright sparks out there

[jigsaw 11,899]

learned brethern,after recieving a calf from a farmer friend, and after skinning,dissecting,portioning and feeding it to my bunch of savages,i then turned my attention to the skin.I tacked it tightly to the shed door and proceeded to scrape and remove any traces of flesh and fat and add liberal and copius ammounts of tabel salt.after a week of this it was dried and i removed it from the door.unfortunately its like a body going through the throes of rigamortis.The quest i seek is,HOW THE HELL DO I SOFTEN IT. is there anything i can do to return it to a supple state,i have somewhere in the house a set of very large horns belonging to a bull once owned by another farmer friend.MY intentions are to wrap the skin between the horns,stich said same and mount the lot.Any helpful advice would be much appreciated.

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I would imagine rubbing some kind of oil linement into it will soften the hide through time.

[jigsaw 11,899]

yeah i was thinking the same TO but what?BABY OIL I honestly dont have a feckin clue.

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Dont quote me i would maybe try doing a little 1st to sse,but linseed oil would maybe do the job.Im sure someone knows but they be out on the piss tonight lol I have a bad cold or i would be aswell

[jigsaw 11,899]

i'll bump the shit out of this for the next few days and see if theres anyone that knows.hope you get better soon bud,thanks again.

[gsi2000stokie 5]

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...2000stokie/pelt

[jigsaw 11,899]

Thanks STOKIE,that will do the bisness i reckon,now I must get reading.

[pointer28 1]

How about something like saddle soap or any of the leather softeners that you will get in any equestrian or saddlery shop?

 

Just an idea, I don't know if it will work but it certainly keeps saddles and bridle leather very soft and supple.

[SEAN3513 7]

has anyone ever seen tv programme........worst jobs in history...........presented by that short arse tony robinson ( baldrick)..................one of the jobs was a tanner.......in the 18th and 19th century they used to soak hides in water and dog shit...........plenty of it about...........same programme also covered the highly acclaimed position of royal arse wiper!!!!!!!!!

 

Eeeeeeeee............the good olde days eh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

joking apart good luck with your project jigsaw..............let us know how it goes!!!!!!

 

regards sean

[anton 0]

learned brethern,after recieving a calf from a farmer friend, and after skinning,dissecting,portioning and feeding it to my bunch of savages,i then turned my attention to the skin.I tacked it tightly to the shed door and proceeded to scrape and remove any traces of flesh and fat and add liberal and copius ammounts of tabel salt.after a week of this it was dried and i removed it from the door.unfortunately its like a body going through the throes of rigamortis.The quest i seek is,HOW THE HELL DO I SOFTEN IT. is there anything i can do to return it to a supple state,i have somewhere in the house a set of very large horns belonging to a bull once owned by another farmer friend.MY intentions are to wrap the skin between the horns,stich said same and mount the lot.Any helpful advice would be much appreciated.

 

soak in p**s i think i recall thats how to do it, works on leather boots

 

cheers

anton

[spade 224]

one of the jobs was a tanner.......in the 18th and 19th century they used to soak hides in water and dog shit...........

 

Dog shit in tanning terms is called puer & was often supplied by hunt kennels. I've also heard that soaking skins in piss works a treat

[jigsaw 11,899]

FFS LADS get a feckin grip,piss,shit.I'd feck it out the door first,if I make a hand at this I'll have pictures of my master piece.it will look great if i can sort it though,some size of a horn i got i can tell you thanks again for the info :sick:

[gsi2000stokie 5]

learned brethern,after recieving a calf from a farmer friend, and after skinning,dissecting,portioning and feeding it to my bunch of savages,i then turned my attention to the skin.I tacked it tightly to the shed door and proceeded to scrape and remove any traces of flesh and fat and add liberal and copius ammounts of tabel salt.after a week of this it was dried and i removed it from the door.unfortunately its like a body going through the throes of rigamortis.The quest i seek is,HOW THE HELL DO I SOFTEN IT. is there anything i can do to return it to a supple state,i have somewhere in the house a set of very large horns belonging to a bull once owned by another farmer friend.MY intentions are to wrap the skin between the horns,stich said same and mount the lot.Any helpful advice would be much appreciated.

 

soak in p**s i think i recall thats how to do it, works on leather boots

 

cheers

anton

they used piss to dye clothes years ago too. its the ammonia in it that does it

[jigsaw 11,899]

jaysus your a sick bunch on here

[Dullahan 0]

learned brethern,after recieving a calf from a farmer friend, and after skinning,dissecting,portioning and feeding it to my bunch of savages,i then turned my attention to the skin.I tacked it tightly to the shed door and proceeded to scrape and remove any traces of flesh and fat and add liberal and copius ammounts of tabel salt.after a week of this it was dried and i removed it from the door.unfortunately its like a body going through the throes of rigamortis.The quest i seek is,HOW THE HELL DO I SOFTEN IT. is there anything i can do to return it to a supple state,i have somewhere in the house a set of very large horns belonging to a bull once owned by another farmer friend.MY intentions are to wrap the skin between the horns,stich said same and mount the lot.Any helpful advice would be much appreciated.

 

 

Here is all you need to do it.

 

http://cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_l/l-103.pdf

 

Best of luck

Dullahan