Thread: Fallow skin

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

After doing my own skins and then sending some to a professional i can strongly recommend pay someone to do it....

Its likely going to smell very goaty after tanning.

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...b-spain-13771/

Absolute legend mate, they look awesome. Kind of wanted to give something a crack myself but $70 sounds pretty reasonable! Was that while you were still up here, or in CHch?

ive sent quite a few to him now, just wack them in the post. Hes is hawkesbay way.

A small goat will probably only be $60ish his prices are all based on size of skin.

Last lot took about 4 months

That's pretty long..wouldn't be too hard to send one to him and give another a crack by myself in the mean time. Did you just bundle it all up in plastic and post it to him? I'm sure the checkout chick at the post shop will be well impressed with me!

yeah i bundled it up and froze it then sent it courier seemed to be ok. Double/quadruple wrap it in rubish bags.

That tahr skin was pretty wet wehn frozen and weighed a ton haha

Sweet thanks buddy you are a champ!

Now if this wind would kindy feck off, I'll go shoot the bloody things!

Originally Posted by Dougie

Sweet so don't salt it at all? Just get as much fat off as possible, then chuck your mixture on it while tacked out?

Is this going to stink to high heaven? Lol I have a wee shed, not completely waterproof but dog and cat proof....

It will only stink like goat and kero, PT's one is here on the last page.

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...tml#post217205

I did a skin last year. Turned out great but there are many different articles out there. Make sure you get all that fat off the leather. Use a really sharp knife and almost slice it off. Next salt it and if the atmosphere is quite humid you'll find the salt gets quite moist and needs changing a bit. Next step is pickling... I used hydrochloric acid and dropped it to quite a low pH. Think it was about 2 something. About a week in there. Then used baking soda to bring back and a bit of soap suds. Then applied tanning solution once it was semi dry. I paid for a kit at Hunting and Fishing but was quite expensive and didn't need the pickling solution since I used hydrochloric. I reckon if you could order from a taxidermist on the side that would be able all you need. Then you stretch it out. That BBQ table looked perfect but amazing how tough that skin is to get a staple through. After all the toil my girlfriend stuck a chair on it and that's about it really. The girls love them and you should at least get a couple of hunting passes for all that work!

That method turned out fine for the wall. Stiff as aboard .
I think technicaly it is preserved not tanned. So can't get wet.
Someone sent me a tanning recipe I will see if I can find it when back at a computer.

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It was @Chris , he may pm you dougie with the recipe?

The kero and baking soda works fine but you have to keep it dry, no marks on the wall yet.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

It was @Chris , he may pm you dougie with the recipe?

The kero and baking soda works fine but you have to keep it dry, no marks on the wall yet.

Was our local taxidermist gave me that recipe VC , what he used to tan all his work.It should dry clean ok too.

Sure if you want it Dougie just let me know .

I got my White Buck done professionally and its great but would still like to try one myself.
The tail is a pain in the arse but found that a modelling knife is perfect to take the bone out right to the tip.

Originally Posted by Malhunting

I got my White Buck done professionally and its great but would still like to try one myself.
The tail is a pain in the arse but found that a modelling knife is perfect to take the bone out right to the tip.

I just hacked it off, bone (and vajayjay) and all....will look at it another day to clean up