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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: Helen Wiltshire Horn on August 06, 2014, 03:54:35 pm

Title: Dexter rug!
Post by: Helen Wiltshire Horn on August 06, 2014, 03:54:35 pm
You may remember that under my post entitled “Dexter dead weight?” I mentioned that we had got the hide back from the abattoir and salted it and sent it off for tanning.  It arrived back from the tannery this morning and we are delighted with it (photo attached).  At £200 all in it isn’t exactly a cheap rug but it is so nice to have one of our own animals decorating the sitting room and have had lots of friends say that they would like one next time we send a steer off.
Helen
Title: Re: Dexter rug!
Post by: Rosemary on August 06, 2014, 07:51:58 pm
Nice. Where did you get it done? Tanned I mean.
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Post by: Helen Wiltshire Horn on August 06, 2014, 08:04:53 pm
It was Holmes Halls (in Hull) that did the first stage and Pittards that did the second stage (Yeovil). 
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Post by: Fleecewife on August 06, 2014, 09:26:26 pm

Very smart indeed  8)
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Post by: Anke on August 06, 2014, 10:33:29 pm
So beautiful!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: landroverroy on August 07, 2014, 01:19:45 pm
Looks great, and won't show the dirt! And actually, although £200 isn't cheap, it's quite reasonable in comparison to what it costs to get a sheepskin cured.
But wouldn't a longhorn, or shorthorn look amazing with their muted colouring.
Title: Re: Dexter rug!
Post by: Helen Wiltshire Horn on August 07, 2014, 04:27:57 pm
landroverroy, my husband want a belted galloway skin but I am rather looking forward to our Dun steer's departure.