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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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How to ship raw fish skins?
« on: July 30, 2014, 04:39:09 pm »
Not sure where to put this but how does one ship a raw skin, fish or other wise to be tanned, cured, or even traded?

Can they be packed in salt and sent in the mail?
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Re: How to ship raw fish skins?
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2014, 04:47:57 pm »
They will need to be dried, tanned, or shipped on refrigeration.  If you try to ship them green without refrigeration such as on Dry Ice they will get rancid.

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Re: How to ship raw fish skins?
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2014, 06:24:33 pm »
Don't salt them. it will suck in moisture. Just set them in the sun after you have scraped and degreased and dry them out. They will be fine after that.
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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: How to ship raw fish skins?
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2014, 09:02:10 pm »
Ihow long in the sun?  What if it were freshly skinned sturgeon?
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Re: How to ship raw fish skins?
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2014, 09:30:54 pm »
No problem. I've had a lot of Sturgeon skins shipped to me. Just dry them like you would snake skins. You want to try and get as much meat off as you can and wash them in liqued Dawn or Joy detergent and then dry.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: How to ship raw fish skins?
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2014, 02:56:08 pm »
Quote from: Prarie Bowyer on July 30, 2014, 09:02:10 pm
Ihow long in the sun? 

until they are dry  :P
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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: How to ship raw fish skins?
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2014, 04:54:11 pm »
Oh right,but how long does this typically take?
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Re: How to ship raw fish skins?
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2014, 05:49:22 pm »
On a hot, dry day, probably only a few hours to a day.
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Re: How to ship raw fish skins?
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2014, 08:14:11 pm »
With a heat gun ten minutes. No kidding, I've dried a lot of snake skins with my gun after I stretched and stapled them down.
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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: How to ship raw fish skins?
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2014, 01:19:40 pm »
Thanks guys!
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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: How to ship raw fish skins?
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2014, 01:21:15 pm »
Ok so i'm comunicating with a sturgeon farm and they have a couple skinned but whant to know what i'll pay for the skins.  apparently this is an unusual request for them. 

I have no idea what a whole fish hide is worth? 
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