Reindeer/Caribou skins wanted

[Sundowner]

Does anyone know how to get 2 or three fairly cheap? Don't really want to fork out 100's of pounds
TIA

 

[Martti]

Does anyone know how to get 2 or three fairly cheap? Don't really want to fork out 100's of pounds

The cost to raise a reindeer and skin the hide from the carcass is around 30 € in Finland. You might get a rawhide from a local reindeer herding cooperative for 50 € a piece and without shipping. Three rawhides shipped to the U.K. could then easily cost £150.

 

[Sundowner]

The cost to raise a reindeer and skin the hide from the carcass is around 30 € in Finland. You might get a rawhide from a local reindeer herding cooperative for 50 € a piece and without shipping. Three rawhides shipped to the U.K. could then easily cost £150.

Thanks for that Martti. That is quite cheap. About the price for 1 skin here. Treated etc. Problem is I haven't got a clue what to do with a rawhide. Sure I could learn though ;-)

 

[Martti]

Treated etc. Problem is I haven't got a clue what to do with a rawhide.

Unless you're planning to make a reindeer fur parka, you want rawhides that don't shed so easily.

 

[Sundowner]

Unless you're planning to make a reindeer fur parka, you want rawhides that don't shed so easily.

I want them to sleep on. Had a lend of one some years ago and slept like a baby!!!