[Jacob-list] pelt tanning

[Chovhani]

Just whatever you do, DON'T do what I did. I was given some good 
instructions on doing a pelt myself, but I was busy and left it in soak 
in borax too long. The smell should have given me a clue, but the fleece 
all came away from the hide and was ruined.

Melanie

swalla2 at juno.com wrote:

>Hi, Toni!  We have not used this firm yet, but we saw two nice Jacob
>pelts
>with fleece last week that they had done:
>Bucks County Fur Products
>220 1/2  N. Ambler Street
>Quakertown, PA   18951.
>Phone:  (215) 536-6614.      Hope they can help!    Steve and Trish
>Barrows
>         
>
>We had this company tan four of our pelts last year and they did a
>wonderful job and it only took about 3 -4 weeks.  You need to salt and
>dry the pelts before sending them to Buck's.  Call them and they will
>mail you out an instruction sheet on what to do.  After they are done
>processing your hides they will be shipped to you COD.  
>
>Good luck , 
>Shari Walla
>Walla's Wooly Buggers Farm 
>
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