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florasita
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Posted: Oct 09 2010 at 12:46am \| IP Logged

yes I said moose hide

my mother gave me two huge moose hides . they've been up in the attic of the cottage for yrs now and are both about 70 yrs old !
not worn out at all but they are terribly dried out and stiff . I had wanted to use one at least for making moccassins but it is far to dry & stiff to use in this state .
Do any of you ladies know how to soften old hides ?
please no chew on it jokes I've already heard that from dh

any ideas would be a great help .
thanks rox

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Posted: Oct 09 2010 at 7:36am \| IP Logged

Maybe a taxidermy shop or a hunting club can help you.
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Posted: Oct 09 2010 at 7:40am \| IP Logged

Or find a message board for Newfoundland residents and ask there. When we were in NL this summer, I was amazed at 1) how many people there hunt moose (a good thing - there are way too many moose there!) and 2) how many people were super-self-sufficient. I'd bet you could find a Newfoundlander who's worked moose hide.

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Posted: Oct 09 2010 at 10:27am \| IP Logged

If they've only been dried.. not tanned.. it may be possible to save them. So you might look into tanning methods.. I know when we were raising rabbits for pelts that we dried them before sending them to be tanned.. but we didn't do the tanning ourselves so I don't know much about that.

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Posted: Oct 09 2010 at 5:08pm \| IP Logged

Yes Moose are so common in those parts of Canada !
did you read the tragic story of the couple who was killed when they hit a moose she was expecting as well thier 2yo ds survived though .
these are tanned / smoked . I'm going to see if maybe I can find an elder who would know what to do .

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