Roe deer's hide as a throw?

[Sol]

Can I buy "orange trappers formula"? I don't want making it.

I'd personally say Snowdonia is better OP think the entire kit also comes along side a fleshing knife what's beneficial, Pressure washing gets rid of all the meat but theres still likely to be membranes that need removing.

The actual tan is way better though, orange trapper went downhill in recent years from what I've been told I do taxidermy tans instead.

 

[Omega]

Got 3 roe deers yesterday. Used Karcher pressure wash (1600 psi) to clean some bits - yes, it takes longer, but can still make a hole
I bought some table salt from Asda and put about 8 kg of it on the hides. Do you think it is enough coverage? I like these hides, want to get it right, made close up pictures too to show areas that seem to be red and might lack salt
Using cardboard as suggested by my mother -it should suck the excess water from the hides. I guess I will change the cardboards soon to make sure the hides dried out well enough
Looked at feed grade salt - the price seem to be slightly higher than the salt from Asda. Do it mean we eat salt that you would not feed to animals ?

 

[Omega]

The last one

 

[VSS]

Got 3 roe deers yesterday. Used Karcher pressure wash (1600 psi) to clean some bits - yes, it takes longer, but can still make a hole
I bought some table salt from Asda and put about 8 kg of it on the hides. Do you think it is enough coverage? I like these hides, want to get it right, made close up pictures too to show areas that seem to be red and might lack salt
Using cardboard as suggested by my mother -it should suck the excess water from the hides. I guess I will change the cardboards soon to make sure the hides dried out well enough
Looked at feed grade salt - the price seem to be slightly higher than the salt from Asda. Do it mean we eat salt that you would not feed to animals ?

Looking good!
You don't want to dry them out though.
Change the salt after a few days, then leave for a week or two. Then shake off the salt and replace with a lighter dusting, roll up the skin and store until you're ready to tan it.

 

[ikapdunn]

Got 3 roe deers yesterday. Used Karcher pressure wash (1600 psi) to clean some bits - yes, it takes longer, but can still make a hole
I bought some table salt from Asda and put about 8 kg of it on the hides. Do you think it is enough coverage? I like these hides, want to get it right, made close up pictures too to show areas that seem to be red and might lack salt
Using cardboard as suggested by my mother -it should suck the excess water from the hides. I guess I will change the cardboards soon to make sure the hides dried out well enough
Looked at feed grade salt - the price seem to be slightly higher than the salt from Asda. Do it mean we eat salt that you would not feed to animals ?

they do look good

 

[JTO]

When times were harder than nowadays, clothing items would have been made from tanned skins. Many years ago, someone in a punt was shot at by a shore gunner locally. The only thing that saved him was his dog-skin waistcoat.

 

[SimonDodsworth]

Welsh Organic Tannery is the place to go. Excellent results. www.welshorganictannery.co.uk.

Sadly they won’t do deer any more. Too much slippage apparently

 

[Omega]

Sadly they won’t do deer any more. Too much slippage apparently

I will call them when these hides are salted enough to see if they take them. If not, then may there are other places in the UK? I now want to avoid doing myself

 

[VSS]

I will call them when these hides are salted enough to see if they take them. If not, then may there are other places in the UK? I now want to avoid doing myself

I don't think that there is anyone else in the UK doing hair-on tanning of deer hides on a commercial basis at the moment.