Beaver Tail Source

Hahaha - yeah, unfortunately they aren't very willing to part with their tails, and I have no use for the rest of them...
 
Ted, I have a few I can let go. Based on your post in Custom I assume you only want a couple? Contact information is below.

Paul
 
Also, check out Moscow Hide and Fur in Moscow, Idaho. You can google them. They have all kinds of cool stuff.
Cheers
Balding
 
BaldingEagle said:
Also, check out Moscow Hide and Fur in Moscow, Idaho. You can google them. They have all kinds of cool stuff.
Cheers
Balding
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Very interesting site, but the two things I would be interested in (Rattle Snake skins and Beaver Tails), are dried and/or salted only. I need to have the tanned version.

Paul
 
Hmmmm. I never noticed that, but you're right. Oh well, gives me an excuse to keep surfing the net!
Cheers
Balding
 
Yeah, I noticed that too, Paul. I was excited to see everything they had, but not mych of it is useful fo me.

Thanks for the link in any case BaldingEagle!
 
sheathmaker said:
Very interesting site, but the two things I would be interested in (Rattle Snake skins and Beaver Tails), are dried and/or salted only. I need to have the tanned version.

Paul
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I've never had a problem using beaver tails or snake skins that have not been tanned. If they are dried soak in warm water until soft, then nail to a board and dump a bunch of "20 mule team borax" on the FLESH side of the skin. Change the borax after the first week. Put on more borax and after a month or so you should be good to go. There is something in the borax that dries and preserves the skins. Moon.
 
Moon
Good to know. I haven't progressed to the point of trying my hand at exotics yet. But, that is definetly something that I am wanting to try.
Cheers
Balding
 
I have a guy saving tails for me, just not sure what to do with them, home tanning kit maybe!? The borax thing sounds good, cheap and easy, I'll have to try that. Thanks for the tips!
 
The borax thing is good and cheap but not easy. You have to get ALL the fat off the tail before you put the borax on, and be careful it's real easy to cut through the hide. Don't ask me how many I've screwed up. I trap beaver so I've usually got a few on hand. Use the tails for inlays, sell the fur and eat the meat. MMMMMMMMM. I try to use as much of the animals that I can. You should see my 'coon pecker earrings. Moon.
 
An excellent source of tanned Beaver Tails, in several sizes, is my own leather supplier, Sheridan Leather Outfitters, in Sheridan, Wyoming.
Please contact store owner Vandy Douglas by email at info@sheridanleather.com, or phone 307-674-6679.
Tell Vandy that Dave Taylor from Knife Leather Traditions sent you.

Sheridan Leather Outfitters is also an excellent source of the best in leather from Hermann Oak and other top brands, as well as other leather supplies, and Douglas Tools.
 
Hello BaldingEagle!! :) I hope this finds you enjoying another fine spring day in Dakota, my own home state for many years, (Western Badlands Country).

I am sorry to say that neither Sheridan Leather Outfitters, nor my own Knife Leather Traditions, currently have a website. Sheridan Leather has a small one with contact info, but no actual website. As for Knife Leather Traditions, I confess I am not computer savvy enough for such a luxury, much as I would like to. I currently stay quite busy enough building custom sheaths for one of the major internet knife Distributors. So much so that I have had to decline all other custom work, at least for the present. But I sincerely appreciate your interst and you inquiry.

May your day be filled with Crocuses and those first Meadowlarks that signify the best of springtime in Dakota. :thumbup:
 
DH
Yes, it is beginning to look like spring. I got here last Aug and the winter was much, much milder than I was expecting. Looking forward to my first North Dakota spring. I am a beginning leather worker (I am not even sure I can call myself that). But anyway, thanks for the follow up.
Cheers
Balding
 
Well, BaldingEagle, you must be a bearer of good luck, because this past winter has been one of the warmest and least severe on record for North Dakota. After over 40 years of living in the Badlands Country, I was finally driven here to the desert southwest three years ago by one of our "once in ten year" Dakota winters. Stick around. You will not be disappointed. You will marvel at the sound of snow crunching underfoot at -30 below, being house-bound during one of our three-day-blizzards that shut down the Interstates, and go crazy with cabin fever along about March. But, ya know, there is a perverse sense of pride with living in that country under some of the severest weather in the nation. And I can tell you I do miss Dakota.

Enjoy your new home my friend. It's a great place to live.
 
The Leather Guy said that he usually has them. I ran into him at the Midwest Horse Fair, he didn't have any with him at the time, but said he has them at the store. He said that they are veg tanned and about $20 a piece. Don't know how they are or if that's a good price?
 
Six months in the world of cyber dialog can either be like an eternity or like it was yesterday. Here's to hoping this post is more of the "like yesterday" variety...

I've been collecting beaver tails for a while now. Have some in a freezer in NH I have to flesh out when there next summer. Also have a box of fleshed dried split tails. Anyone know where I can send them to be veg tanned?
 
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