I bought a hide from a charity shop. Couldn’t believe my luck. It had/has the shedding issue, possibly why it was in there! With nothing to lose I’ve done a bit of experimenting with brushes, hands, tape, hair spray and my suggestion is strong hoover….
If you just put the Henry straight on it you’ll probably pull the hair out, so I massaged my knuckles, stopping the hoover from locking on to the skin (hope that makes sense). This loosen the looser hair and sucked it out. I kept at it for about half and hour and it stopped releasing the hair. You’d think it would be bald after that length of time but I can not tell the difference. The hair is so thick it’s had no visual impact and now it’s not shedding.
My thinking - If it is going to shed no matter what, which is essentially what I have read. Then forcing the loose hair out means the only stronger hair survives. If you’ve got a hide that for whatever reason is doomed to full hair loss, then you’re probably going to find that out over time, so why not put yourself out of your misery in one go . If you’ve got with enough strong hair the you’re laughing.
If I was hanging this on a wall as an ornament I’d say it’s job done. I’m going to put it on a chair so I’d guess I’m going to have to do this a few more times.
Food for thought and if you hadn’t guessed, I’m no expert!!
Hubby uses one of those hair/beard trimming thingies so I don't need to visit barber ... unless it's the weekend 
