The Rohrbaugh Forum
Miscellaneous => The Water Cooler -- General Discussions => Topic started by: Aglifter on January 02, 2006, 12:02:13 AM
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It's looking pretty certain that I'll be heading to Zambia in february. Is there anything particular about how hides are tanned? All I know is there is some kind of vegetable process and some mineral salt one. I'm thinking that it is easier to have them tanned there at some village, than to have to try to keep the hide cold until I get back to the US.
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this may help...
http://www.jarnaginco.com/Vegetable%20tanned%20leather.htm
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Brad:
Based on my experience over there, if you have a hide tanned locally it will probably be done by wet or dry salting -- reasonably effective, but not the best processes for sure. In the larger cities, you might find a tanner who would employ the chrome or vegetable crust processes. If your travel schedule requires you to leave the country before your hides are tanned and ready for transport, it goes without saying that you will need a local representative whom you trust to collect them from the tanner and insure their proper shipment.
Good luck, and good hunting on your trip! I envy you.
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It's been stated by several holster makers on another forum that only vegetable tanned leather should be used for holsters. Chrome tanned hides will be corrosive to gun metal over time.