Deer hide

[Amt5406]

Anyone know where I can get a fallow hide tanned? Shot a pricket and the wife likes the colour so asked if we could get it made into a rug.

 

[gavd119]

How about giving it a go yourself? You can buy a kit online. Will need salt and a pressure washer to remove the flesh.
www.snowdoniasupplies.co.uk

 

[trucraft]

If you haven’t skinned and salted it within a few hours of it being shot then it stands a high chance of the hair slipping once it’s cured.
I’ve done a couple with this kit. Definitely works but it’s a lot of work.

CP6 K-Tan Home Tanning Kit for Deer, Sheep, Fox Skins, Cow Hide + More | eBay UK

No need for large amounts of chemicals. Clean and Easy to use. Produces light grey leather. Produces a washable skin – ideal for rugs. Can be used in hair on or hair off tanning. It has excellent penetration.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[T.eddie]

Not aware of any in the UK currently doing it, but you can do yourself if it is off and salted you have a bit of time, if still on once skinned roll it and get it in the freezer until you have time, I've done a couple

Muntjac hide using the orange trappers formula

Just wanted to share a muntjac hide that ive had on my desk chair for a couple of years. This was from the first muntjac I shot on my first deer stalk. Salted and then scrapped, rinsed and then brushed on the orange trappers formula. The hide itself is quite soft, I think maybe where its on a...

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Fallow buck hide in progress

As mentioned on another thread I've been using one of the snowdonia tanking kit's in an attempt to tan a fallow buck hide that I thought was quite nice. The hide went straight into the freezer after I skinned the deer, fast forward a month or 2 I took it out and defrosted just enough to be able...

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[VSS]

Anyone know where I can get a fallow hide tanned? Shot a pricket and the wife likes the colour so asked if we could get it made into a rug.

I used to send mine to the Welsh Organic Tannery to be done, but I think they've recently stopped doing deer skins (on account of people sending them hides in poor condition leading to excessive hair slip and consequently a ruined batch of tanning solution).
I now do my own, using K-Tan from Snowdonia Supplies. It's good stuff.

 

[Sniper230]

If you haven’t skinned and salted it within a few hours of it being shot then it stands a high chance of the hair slipping once it’s cured.
I’ve done a couple with this kit. Definitely works but it’s a lot of work.

CP6 K-Tan Home Tanning Kit for Deer, Sheep, Fox Skins, Cow Hide + More | eBay UK

No need for large amounts of chemicals. Clean and Easy to use. Produces light grey leather. Produces a washable skin – ideal for rugs. Can be used in hair on or hair off tanning. It has excellent penetration.

www.ebay.co.uk

They will last if you freeze them as soon as they're skinned . Shot at this time of year ,they're changing coats , so not much good

 

[east sussex]

Battery acid and salt will do a reasonably good job for rugs.
I used to do quite a few.
Will last 5/10; years.