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seantOH:
Ok I need a little help.  I want some deer leather to use as grips on a couple of bows I have made.  A local taxidermist gave me some scraps of deer hide that have been commercially tanned.  These scraps are left over from deer he mounted for other folks last year.  They are wet and I have them frozen.  How do I remove the hair without damaging the tanned leather?  Thanks for the help!!

seantOH

Pat B:
Electric razor?  ???

seantOH:
Hi Pat,

Are you serious? I never even thought of that but I would try it. I have probably 25 scraps so I can play with different options.  I was going to soak a piece in a solution of wood ashes and water like you would if it was a fresh hide but I don't if that would ruin the tan.

seantOH

HoBow:
Wood ashes is just a alkaline solution.  You could bring the Ph up higher with lime or caustic soda (sodium hydroxide).  I'd be interested to see how well that worked because it works well on green hides.

Pat B:
Sean, I was joking about the razor.       You probably are not going to get good results trying to remove the hair from already tanned leather. That is a process early on before the skin is tanned.

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