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Tanning Unlimited

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:01 am
by Corjack
I went by and picked up three elk hides I had tanned from Donnie Short, Mr. Short owns the only hair on commercial tannery in the state of Missouri. Here are a few pictures.

Donnie with a rack full of finished product.
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Hides being salted
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Vats of tanning solution full of hides
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Tubling drums for suppling hides
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Hides drying before the go into the tumbling drums
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Donnies son Chad runs a taxidermist service on site
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Racks waiting for Chads attention
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Re: Tanning Unlimited

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:29 am
by retrieverman
Cool thread! I would love a closer look at some of those skull plates. ;)

Re: Tanning Unlimited

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:37 pm
by mchughcb
Great post. I'm not sure if we even have one like that in Australia. Beats the hell out of my bucket of chromium sulfate out back.

Re: Tanning Unlimited

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:21 am
by Olsen
Nice to see how they work.....

Looks like a big job with all those hides ;)

Re: Tanning Unlimited

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:55 pm
by Corjack
Olsen wrote:Nice to see how they work.....

Looks like a big job with all those hides ;)
Olsen, you are pretty handy, maybe you should open a Danish tannery.

Re: Tanning Unlimited

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:20 pm
by Olsen
Corjack wrote:
Olsen wrote:Nice to see how they work.....

Looks like a big job with all those hides ;)
Olsen, you are pretty handy, maybe you should open a Danish tannery.
A real handyman :dance:

Maybe my slogan would be " I paint your gun, while the hide is drying in the sun " :clap: :clap:

Re: Tanning Unlimited

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:32 pm
by retrieverman
Olsen wrote:
Corjack wrote:
Olsen wrote:Nice to see how they work.....

Looks like a big job with all those hides ;)
Olsen, you are pretty handy, maybe you should open a Danish tannery.
A real handyman :dance:

Maybe my slogan would be " I paint your gun, while the hide is drying in the sun " :clap: :clap:
...and if the gun painting and hide tanning doesn't work out, you might have a future as a poet. :roll:

Re: Tanning Unlimited

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:10 pm
by Olsen
I have so many secret talents :whistle: