More curing of Bif's skin

We haven't got on with this as fast as we would have liked. However progress is being made. We finished fleshing it. The next thing to do was wash it in cold then warm water.
We took it to the supermarket to do it in their giant machine that takes up to 18kg.

Once that was done we were able to get a few remaining thick bits cut off from round the edge and have started the curing process. I bought a tanning kit. The first step of the curing is to paint on the pickle which prepares the skin for the cure. We have done the pickle and Doug will paint on a few coats of cure during the week.

The skin then gets sanded, oiled and worked until it is flexible. So still a lot to do.

We have booked Lismore in to the abattoir in October so I am investigating whether there is somewhere I can send her skin away to for someone else to do.