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Originally Posted by hubz
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Originally Posted by madscientist
I have a weird question. Does anyone know of a taxidermist or other that can make shark leather from the skin of one of these? I'd really like a leopard shark skin hat, boots, belt, or something of the sort. Figure I could find a cobbler, hatter, or whatnot if I could provide the material.
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A quick web search produced this:
http://www.primitiveways.com/processing_sharkskin.html
The example only deals with a small piece of skin, but the concepts are there.
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Thanks for the link, but that looks to produce some pretty tough rawhide. And I don't relish the idea of soaking it in urine. Would have to drink a 12pack to get enough for a whole hide. Wait, maybe that's not such a bad idea...