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Pig hides

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Jakesnyder:
I'm going to be killing a couple hogs and was wondering what there hides are good for? Are they hard to tan because of how thick they are?  Maybe bark tan them?

White Falcon:
Lots of scraping. The hide are very useful.

Jakesnyder:
Also these are mangalitza pigs. Not the hairless meat pigs

Pappy:
I have never tried to tan one but I have a buddy that brings one back from south GA. now and then, we just scrape it good , leaving the hair on ,  dry it and it is then rawhide, hang them on the wall around the cabin, the hide is thick and I am sure could be used for many projects. I have lots of deer rawhide so never tried it, they are just cool to look at hanging around.  :)
 Pappy

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