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woodswatersz
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« on: October 21, 2006, 01:51:13 PM »

I have 4 deer back hides that were tanned with Krowtann. They ended up slipping. I want to send them to tannery and have them tanned with hair off. I salted them for a day and hung them up, but they stink. Am I ok? Will the hides dry good enough to ship to tannery? Thanks for any help.
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Scott Zykan
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2006, 02:43:15 PM »

I think your hides are toast.  I have tried to dehair tanned skins with no luck.
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2006, 05:45:05 PM »

That stink is decomposition,you should probably call whatever tannery your gonna use and explain what you've got going on and see what they suggest. Huh
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