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I have left a giraffe hide with a Western Canadian tannery for almost a year and they have not bothered to get to it. Patience is thin, now I am looking for an alternative. Any good, quick tanners in North West?
Elsewhere in Canada? With experience with giraffe?
DAL
 
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It's a long shot but there is a fellow in the Airdrie area, I don't know his name or contacts but I talked to him a few years back. He should be more experienced now and at the time he "talked a good talk" regarding tanning. I found his name by googling tanning in Alberta and found him like that.

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DAL, there are some excellent tanneries in the US. Try Yost in Wisconsin. They have been in biz a long time and have a good reputation. Hopefully your skin isn't salt "burned."
Good luck, David


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We had dropped our giraffe hide off in Edmonton last June and recieved the cape about a month ago but not the backhide yet
 
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Glen did he give you a price on your hide? I'd be interested to know what it would cost in Alberta to get something like that done. I'm assuming it's western fur tanneries you're talking about?
 
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In the Airdrie area, AntlerHill did a bad job on a zebra hide, so I won't go there again. The tannery in Vernon has a great reputation, but I have lost patience....
Same with the local taxidermy "heroes". I will no longer tolerate their 3-5 year+ wait times. I take my work where the quality is good and the turnaround times are sane.
I will call Yost and see. Shipping will be a factor...it weighs 50Kg as a recall.
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It cost $1000 for the cape. They don't do to many giraffes. They did a really nice job on the cape itself. And the place is Edmonton Fur Tanneries
 
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Check out/with www.moytown.com
Moyle Mink, in Idaho.
Whether they'd do a hide that size or not you'd have to contact them. They're a long time outfit and great rep.
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