JohnBarton Report post Posted July 28, 2009 One of my customers has obtained a zebra skin from an exotic feline rescue center. The skin is currently in the meat locker at the center. He would like to get it tanned for teh purpose of making cue cases out it. It's in Indiana. Any help? Is there a hobby tanner here who wants to take it on? A professional tanner who will give us a quote on doing the work? Any relatively easy way to do it ourselves? Any Mountain Men who don't wrestle with knives strapped to their chest in flimsy sheaths who tan their own hides? :-) Thanks in advance - I don't know what the shelf life of a skin is when kept in the refrigerator but I have to guess it's not long so time is probably short to get something done. John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rawhide1 Report post Posted July 28, 2009 John Until ya can find someone put the hide in the freezer. it will keep. Go to taxidermy.net you should be able to find a source there. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
electrathon Report post Posted July 28, 2009 I can't answer your questions (I would actually like to see them as I may be able to aquire a bear skin so I could be in the same situation) but your first step is to move it to the freezer. It will last a long time there and you can rationally decide how to deal with it and not be forced into any rash decisions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorsehairBraider Report post Posted July 28, 2009 There used to be a tanner called Stern Tanning. They would do things like this, as I recall. I used to send my Jacob sheep hides, llama and alpaca hides to them. They had me salt them down, dry them in a cool shady place, and then send them off. They used to advertise in Shepherd magazine, but I quit raising sheep about 5 years ago. Don't know their current status. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
