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Giraffe tanning
Giraffe tanning
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
19 April 2011, 13:14
calgarychef1It'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.
good luck
20 April 2011, 00:01
L. David KeithDAL, 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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20 April 2011, 06:37
glen innWe had dropped our giraffe hide off in Edmonton last June and recieved the cape about a month ago but not the backhide yet
20 April 2011, 12:53
calgarychef1Glen 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?
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.
D
20 April 2011, 18:31
glen innIt 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
29 April 2011, 10:42
georgeldCheck out/with
www.moytown.comMoyle 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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