Keep the hair on a hide?

[m wisdom]

I just got a reindeer hide with hair that I'm going to turn into a flogger or two. And I wounder if there is a good way to make the hair stick a bit harder to the hide?
It doesn't come loose "easily" but it would be nice to not have to vacuum the bed after using it.

 

[mjl2010]

Even a well prepared pelt will shed hair to some degree and reindeer isn't even considered a fur bearer. The hair is designed to fall out. The use you are intending it for is just going to make it happen faster. If you're planning on the hair being a part of the purpose, I'd start looking for something synthetic.

Another consideration is when the hide was taken. If it happened just before or after a major season change, it is already in the shedding process. If you want to keep the hair on, get a hide that was taken in mid winter. They have the most hair, the longest hair and the hair that is least likely to fall out right away.

Just for curiosity sake, where did the hide come from? Is it a true reindeer hide or a caribou hide?

MJL

 

[m wisdom]

I realise that the hair will come lose I was just curious if there was something I could treat it with too make it a bit better. I guess I really should have read up on different furs before getting this one, but reindeer hides are cheap here and I wanted something that I could use to make long tails with.

It a true reindeer hide, I bought it from a big, funny guy all dressed in red

Check my location, it might explain things

 

[@}-}rebecca----]

I just got a reindeer hide with hair that I'm going to turn into a flogger or two. And I wounder if there is a good way to make the hair stick a bit harder to the hide?
It doesn't come loose "easily" but it would be nice to not have to vacuum the bed after using it.

I don't like your chances MWisdom. To the best of my knowledge preservation of pelts with fur in tact hinges back to the actual curing process. If it's done with any inaccuracy there is little I can imagine that would rectify.

Perhaps Google in your preffered language some links on both Taxidermy and care of fur coats.

If the pelt is unstable then brushing , airing perhaps even vacuuming hairs that are prone to shedding to remove them .

Keeping the pelt dry is important as well. If it's in any way damp then it could be stored in salt a few days.

Best of luck , hope you resolve it to your satisfaction