What to do with a hair on moose hide?

[bluemule66]

I picked up a full hair on moose hide at a rummage sale this fall and I now need some ideas on what to make with it. For some reason I keep drawing a blank on what to do with it. This is where you creative people come in. All ideas are welcome, thanks.

 

[Ames]

Nair.

 

[ADK Bigfoot]

Blanket for cold nights.

ADK Bigfoot

 

[bluemule66]

Ames if it were hairless I would have several ideas for it. I just don't know how to remove the hair and if I did, what would that side of the hide look like? Never seen nor heard of it being done before.

 

[appalichian hunter]

Perhaps a dry scrape for hair removal. if it looks ruff after the hair removal (now I have never done this) but maybe run a belt sander with a fine belt over it.

 

[Ames]

I wasn't kidding. 1 lb. calcium hydroxide per 10 gallons of water, per 20 lbs of hide. Stir it with a stick several times a day, 3-4 days. It looks the same as taking hair off a buckskin. Scrape it on a fleshing beam. De-lime with 10 gallons ammonium sulfate, stir often 4-6 hours.
Bulk chemicals can be had from any good mail order taxidermy supply company.

 

[rich pierce]

If it’s tanned, and chances are close to 100% that it is, the techniques normally used to make the hair slip on a raw hide will simply destroy the leather.

 

[bluemule66]

It is tanned.

 

[Peregrine]

Sell it or trade it for something you can really use?

 

[Brokennock]

Off the shoulder side carry arrow quiver, hair on shot pouch flaps, hat bands, wrist trim on some "buckskin" mittens, fold a long rectangle of it over and around the edge of a basket quiver to quiet it,,, lots of small trim uses. Maybe a cap based on the "workman's cap," pattern (basically a few triangles sewn together) would be interesting?

 

[Ames]

It is tanned.

Well, that changes everything. See if you can trade it for a green hide.

 

[robertwnbrg]

I picked up a full hair on moose hide at a rummage sale this fall and I now need some ideas on what to make with it. For some reason I keep drawing a blank on what to do with it. This is where you creative people come in. All ideas are welcome, thanks.

Great for fly tying

 

[deerstalkert]

possibles bag, shoulder cape for a hunting jacket, rifle sleeve.

 

[bluemule66]

If I was better at sewing I think a pair of mukluks or leggings would be nice. I have made holsters, belts and bags but never anything as intricate as mukluks and never hair on. I hate to mess up a nice hide. A vest would be nice and not so complicated. I think it may be a good place to start.

 

[R Ellis]

Try making a vest

 

[flashpoint]

I picked up a full hair on moose hide at a rummage sale this fall and I now need some ideas on what to make with it. For some reason I keep drawing a blank on what to do with it. This is where you creative people come in. All ideas are welcome, thanks.

Dry Flys

 

[kansas_volunteer]

If you sell it I'd buy it if the price is right. There are many things to do with a hair on hide as listed above. I could use a hide that would last a life time of project doing -- for an old guy.

 

[Col. Batguano]

Easy. Make a moose decoy.

 

[Brokennock]

A Bullwinkle halloween costume

 

[waksupi]

If you can't get the hair off of it, best thing is to get rid of it. I won't allow hollow haired hides like moose, deer, elk or antelope in my cabin. They NEVER stop shedding!