Mike CHS
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They are beautiful!
Roving's 2019 Lambs
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Baymule
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I would be tempted to keep them too. They sure would make a warm jacket!
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Roving Jacobs
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It's not too hard, especially if you send it away to be processed. I use Stern's in WI and I love the results but there are several other places out there. There are also kits to do it yourself and I've done that way but it's a big hassle, especially with the wool-on hides. Worth my time to outsource, especially since I usually save up enough to get a bulk discount.
Baymule
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How many does it take for a bulk discount?
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Roving Jacobs
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5 hides. If I don't have enough I try to see if anyone else around has one or two they want to send in. It also helps to split up shipping costs because that's the real killer. Salted hides are bulky!
Baymule
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Do they have to be totally dry or just salted and partially dry? I'll have some lambs going to slaughter this fall that have some pretty patterns. Thinking about it......
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Roving Jacobs
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Salt the flesh side, let it sit on an angle or on something wher e air can get all around it, when it's pretty dry but still flexible vacuum up the salt then fold it up flesh side together into a smaller bundle for easier packing, then give it a few more days until it's really dry. You don't want to send it off and have it rot while it's waiting its turn to be tanned. Here's Stern's instructions (they're all caps on the page, not my choice).
If I get the hides from my butcher they're already salted and I just need to wait for them to dry. If I get them from someone else I usually have to flesh them first, which I do with a pressure washer and it's pretty quick that way. You just have to be more careful about allowing them to dry completely that way because the wool side gets all soggy.
stern tanning said:
If I get the hides from my butcher they're already salted and I just need to wait for them to dry. If I get them from someone else I usually have to flesh them first, which I do with a pressure washer and it's pretty quick that way. You just have to be more careful about allowing them to dry completely that way because the wool side gets all soggy.
Baymule
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Your hides are beautiful. 
They sure would make you a nice coat or jacket.... just sayin' 
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Roving Jacobs
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My coats are the "$3 finds at salvation army" variety. I think lamb hide is too rich for me, I wouldn't be able to wear it anywhere!Your hides are beautiful.
Mariposa refuses to just line up quietly and wait to be let in for dinner like everyone else. She's such a riot, I just love her.
