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Tanning a dried beaver tail

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BowEd:
If you want to tan the beaver tail the scales will need to be removed first.What will remain then is the leather.Use regular agriculture barn lime.Same as liming a deer hide.Scales will scrape off after plumping up.
Delime it in borax or vinegar.
Use the bark tanning method to tan a bunch of them at once.I would'nt let them dry hard before tanning.After skinning and fleshing I would put them in the tanning liquor.
After they are tanned soften them with nets foot oil by massaging/scuffing them.
You can dye it any color you want after you are finished.

superdav95:

--- Quote from: BowEd on March 13, 2022, 08:09:27 am ---If you want to tan the beaver tail the scales will need to be removed first.What will remain then is the leather.Use regular agriculture barn lime.Same as liming a deer hide.Scales will scrape off after plumping up.
Delime it in borax or vinegar.
Use the bark tanning method to tan a bunch of them at once.I would'nt let them dry hard before tanning.After skinning and fleshing I would put them in the tanning liquor.
After they are tanned soften them with nets foot oil by massaging/scuffing them.
You can dye it any color you want after you are finished.

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Everything Ed said.  I did this last year for a few handle wraps and they look great.  I used salt and alum mix on mine for a few days then washed really well after fleshing out as best you can.  I ended up using mink oil on mine which also worked well for me.  Best of luck.  Here’s a pic of one of my beaver tail wraps.  Best of luck! 

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