Question for you: I have a dry tan of a bear I shot a few years ago, could it be turned into a half mount?
What tannery tanned the bear? A couple years is fine if it is a good tannery with a good tan.
A local shop in my area, it's in good shape, just was curious instead of doing a rug
Not all tanneries are created equal, trust me on this . Thats why I asked which tannery . I have had people bring in stuff that was tanned and in good shape by looking at it only to rehydrate and have it fall apart (acid rot ) or not streatch (dead hide) . In fact I have one right now a guy brought me that was tanned about 10 years ago that has no streatch or what streatch it does have is more like the streatch you would get out of a rubber band , streatch it out and it goes right back to where I started. Im going to attempt to do a half mount as it was a real nice spring bear. The best tans I have had were the synthetic tans in the ez-100 for longetivity and being able to rehydrate them after being tanned for quite a fiew years . Alum tans are bad for not rehydrating , they have been best used when fresh, I have had Lutan-f tans that dont rehydrate well after quite a few years thats what that spring bear I rehydrated is.
