Dehairing Hide?

[Braidin Cows]

What is the best way to dehair hide for braiding? I have been buying hides and would like to make my own. Any recipes or tips would be appreciated.

[Sylvia]

What is the best way to dehair hide for braiding? I have been buying hides and would like to make my own. Any recipes or tips would be appreciated.

Hi there:

I found a lot of interesting and good information here. http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/forums/5/Leather-Hides-amp-Tanning#.T33mWNVdVlc

One fellow actually does a nice photo tutorial on how to veg tan his hide at home.

[megabit]

Not sure if you are looking to make leather or rawhide from your post. I assume rawhide though. There are two sitckie threads that cover making rawhide with two different ways to get the hair off.

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=3233&st=0

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=8453

You can also scrap it off with a sharp knife. Bruce Grant covers a few different ways to to it in his books too. The ones I recall off hand are to stake it out in a running creek untill the hair falls out and I think putting it in a mix of water and wood ashes.

I traded for a hide that had been scraped and streched but not de-haired last week, so it looks like I'll be giving it a try myself.

Mike