December 2003 Archives
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• Lifesize Wolf in AT (12/31/2003)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Saturday, January 03, 2004
• Bruce Rittle (12/31/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
• Need help tanning a Beaver (12/30/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
• EZ-100 (12/30/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
• Degreasing (12/30/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
• Neutralizing and tanning (12/30/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, January 02, 2004
• Lutan F (12/30/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
• Has anyone used Krowtann on Buffalo? (12/30/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
• Can Lutan F go stale? (12/30/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
• What water temps should I use with Tanning? (12/30/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
• How Long? (12/30/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
• Hairloss (12/29/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
• Is there someone out there who tans buffalo hides into rug? (12/29/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
• Anyone tried this? (12/29/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
• How long can I leave a Fisher pelt in a salt bath? (12/29/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
• Is it possible to re-rehydrate capes already in the pickle? (12/29/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
• What is best method of hanging whitetail deer skin on wall? (12/29/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, December 29, 2003
• How to skin and tan a squirrel! (12/28/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, December 29, 2003
• Method for a soft skin (12/28/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 28, 2003
• Removing fat from lion hide (12/28/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, December 29, 2003
• Porcupine quill and hair removal (12/28/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, December 29, 2003
• Prep for sending to a tannery (12/28/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, December 29, 2003
• Hair slippage (12/28/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 28, 2003
• Soft soap and neatsfoot oil as a tanning solution (12/28/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 28, 2003
• Rehydrating and pickling temps. (12/28/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 28, 2003
• I'm Really Confused ! (12/28/2003)
  Size: 8K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
• Is there a tannery in Idaho (12/27/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 28, 2003
• One more about Krow tan 2000 (12/27/2003)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Monday, December 29, 2003
• 1st time tanner (12/27/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, December 29, 2003
• About Krow Tan 2000 and liquid tide (12/27/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 27, 2003
• Dry preserve (12/27/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 27, 2003
• Bears? (12/27/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 27, 2003
• Krowtan (12/27/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 27, 2003
• Deekskin fur vest (12/26/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, December 29, 2003
• Beetles Question (12/26/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 27, 2003
• Recommendation (12/26/2003)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Monday, December 29, 2003
• Hand Fleshing vs. Machine Fleshing (12/26/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 27, 2003
• John C (12/26/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, December 26, 2003
• fleshing after the auto tanner (12/26/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, December 26, 2003
• Beaver Tails - Tanning (12/25/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, December 26, 2003
• How can you tell if you over tanned? (12/25/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, December 26, 2003
• Salt drying deer capes (12/25/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, December 26, 2003
• Best Tannery (12/24/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
• Tanning kits for tanning Fisher (12/24/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, December 26, 2003
• Instructions (12/24/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 25, 2003
• Book writer needs advice on making Bark Extract (12/24/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 24, 2003
• Steer hide questions and such ... (12/24/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 24, 2003
• Bascal S Question (Bruce?) (12/23/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
• Salted Hides? (12/23/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 27, 2003
• Can you under neutralize? (12/23/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, January 05, 2004
• Looking for a tannery for Bison Leather (12/23/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
• What did I do Wrong? (12/23/2003)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 24, 2003
• First mountain Lion (12/22/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
• Regarding brain tanning ... (12/22/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, December 22, 2003
• Antler In Velvet Question (12/22/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, December 22, 2003
• Auto Tanner Question (12/22/2003)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
• Oily fur (12/22/2003)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
• How to make a Tanned Deer Cape Soft! (12/22/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
• Where can I purchase an Autotanner (12/22/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, December 22, 2003
• Will my cape be O.K. (12/22/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, December 22, 2003
• Sheep skin (12/21/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, December 22, 2003
• Can I wash a tanned coyote skin? (12/21/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, December 22, 2003
• How does an auto tanner work? (12/21/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, December 22, 2003
• Salting (12/21/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 21, 2003
• Salting a cape (12/21/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 21, 2003
• Thawing, Salting and Tanning w/ Krowtann (12/21/2003)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 21, 2003
• Krowtann2000 and Soft Hides (12/20/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 21, 2003
• Hair slipping after pickle (12/20/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 20, 2003
• Can I sew before tan? (12/20/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Monday, January 05, 2004
• Spray Tan Longevity (12/20/2003)
  Size: 12K. Last Modified: Monday, December 22, 2003
• Attention Bruce Rittel~Question On Salt (12/20/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 20, 2003
• Hair-Off Tannery (12/19/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 20, 2003
• Can a skin be left in Krowtann too long? (12/19/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, December 19, 2003
• How long can hide stay in pickle (12/19/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, December 19, 2003
• Should I dry preserve, or send to tannery (12/19/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, December 19, 2003
• Moyle Mink (12/18/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, January 07, 2004
• What is the best Resource to learn it tan? Hair on (12/18/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 18, 2003
• Hair pulling out of mount (12/18/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, January 05, 2004
• New to this Forum (12/18/2003)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 18, 2003
• To Bill Yox (12/18/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 18, 2003
• Buffalo Imbedded Dirt (12/18/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 18, 2003
• Using Krowtan (12/17/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 20, 2003
• Buffalo hides (12/17/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 17, 2003
• Auto Tanner questions (12/17/2003)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 24, 2003
• Tannery in Michigan (12/17/2003)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 17, 2003
• Opinion on McKenzie Tan (12/17/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 17, 2003
• Turning Squirrel ears (12/17/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 18, 2003
• Chinchilla tanning/dressing? (12/17/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 17, 2003
• Krowtan 2000 (12/16/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 17, 2003
• Brent Gorman of Dirty Creek Taxidermy (12/16/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 17, 2003
• Woodchuck? (12/16/2003)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
• Salted Capes ? (12/16/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
• Fish skin ( being leatherd ) anyone? (12/16/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
• Drying time in cooler temps (12/16/2003)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 17, 2003
• Making buckskin? (12/16/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
• Can I make a hand flesher out of a spoon? (12/15/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
• Cant find salt in N.E. Oh. (12/15/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
• How much are coon pelts worth in wisconsin (12/15/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, December 15, 2003
• Potassium chloride (12/15/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
• Do people buy things made of squirell skin (12/14/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, December 15, 2003
• Tanning for leather (12/14/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
• Prep ? (12/14/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, December 15, 2003
• Should I expect shrinkage from a professionally-tanned hide? (12/14/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 14, 2003
• What is your preferred height for your flesher? (12/13/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 14, 2003
• Krowtann shaving and reusing the krowtann again (12/13/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 13, 2003
• Does anyone happen to know (12/13/2003)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 13, 2003
• Reusing krowtann 2000 (12/13/2003)
  Size: 11K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 14, 2003
• I need help - resources (12/13/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
• Tanning Time Saving (12/13/2003)
  Size: 13K. Last Modified: Monday, December 15, 2003
• John C, Steve R. (12/13/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, December 15, 2003
• Trouble getting hide flat for rugs and hanging (12/12/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 13, 2003
• Magnesium Chloride for pickle? (12/12/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, December 12, 2003
• Tanning from scratch (12/12/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, December 12, 2003
• What kind of tan? (12/12/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 13, 2003
• Compressed air (12/12/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, December 15, 2003
• Pickling problem (12/12/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, December 12, 2003
• How much time (12/11/2003)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Friday, December 12, 2003
• Oil (12/11/2003)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 11, 2003
• Mckenzie vs Liquitan (12/11/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 11, 2003
• Problems with tanner (12/11/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 11, 2003
• Krowtan on sheep (12/10/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 11, 2003
• Looking for a new tannery (12/10/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, December 12, 2003
• Wet tan Buffalo capes ? (12/10/2003)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 10, 2003
• Anybody remember Patti Rice and Midwest CustomTannery? (12/10/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 10, 2003
• Soap as a neautralizer (12/10/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 10, 2003
• JOhn C krowtan (12/09/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 14, 2003
• Softer skins (12/09/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 10, 2003
• Looking for alum (12/08/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 09, 2003
• Small African Game (12/08/2003)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Monday, December 08, 2003
• Lutan F mixture (12/08/2003)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Friday, January 02, 2004
• Deer Hide Question (problem) (12/08/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 10, 2003
• Lutan F ? (12/08/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 10, 2003
• John C (12/07/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, December 08, 2003
• Authentic 1 hr. Tan Question? (12/06/2003)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Friday, January 02, 2004
• Older video on mounting hogs (12/06/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 06, 2003
• Tanned or not? (12/05/2003)
  Size: 8K. Last Modified: Monday, December 08, 2003
• Auto-Tanners - Good or Bad?!? (12/05/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 06, 2003
• Couple ideas (12/05/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, December 05, 2003
• Wow! Cheap Tan! (12/05/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, December 05, 2003
• Mount stinks (12/04/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, December 05, 2003
• Need Help/Advise on starting a tannery (12/04/2003)
  Size: 10K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 21, 2003
• Neat's-foot Oil (12/04/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 04, 2003
• For Bruce Rittle in shop tanning (12/04/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 07, 2003
• Krowtann/DP/Tanning (12/04/2003)
  Size: 12K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 04, 2003
• In shop tanning (12/03/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 04, 2003
• Newbie needs help for 1st project ... (12/03/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 03, 2003
• Looking for a tannery in southern Michigan (12/03/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 04, 2003
• Thawing and Refreezing Green Capes (12/02/2003)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 03, 2003
• Fur slippage (12/02/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 03, 2003
• Free fur (12/02/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, December 05, 2003
• Krowtan-2000 (12/02/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 02, 2003
• What is a safe tan to use on Buckskin that's around toddlers (12/02/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 02, 2003
• Quantity of tanning agent (12/02/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 03, 2003
• Help On Tanning ... Beginner (12/02/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 02, 2003
• When u skin (12/02/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 02, 2003
• Acid bath crystals + Liqua-Tan (12/01/2003)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 02, 2003
• PH in AT (12/01/2003)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 02, 2003
• Need advice (12/01/2003)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, January 07, 2004