Hog hide ideas

[yankee thunder]

I am tanning a wild hog hide with hair on. Color is brown w/black spots. I would appreciate any ideas for making bags, pouches, etc. or any other accessories from the hide.

 

[rabjr]

Sure, just make some patterns up and make some bag/pouches. It should make some cool ones. :thumbsup:

 

[blacksmithman64]

In aw can't remember the name...its a sketchbook that has all kinds of southern appalachian pouches and horns. Lot of huntin pouches made from pigskin.
I do know a fellow who bought a few hides of pig from Tandy and had his grandmother machine sew him some genuine Davy Crockett buckskins! We were on a trailwalk and he bent over to take a shot and the A$$ ripped out! :rotf: So I would advise against making clothing! :grin:

 

[Trkdriver99]

Could have been the beans and tortilias y'all had for lunch. :rotf: :rotf: :blah:

 

[Bob Gular]

"I would advise against making clothing"
Sounds like a sewing, and not a materials problem. Leather sews a lot different than fabric and stresses thread a lot more. Besides, it didn't bust when the hog was wearing it.

 

[blacksmithman64]

naw,the stitching held,it was some thin leather.

 

[BrownBear]

Pig is thin alright, but I regularly use the Tandy stuff as liner inside bags I make. So far they've been camera bags, but it works so well and looks so cool I may try some soon in a possibles bag. Stiffens a soft leather up just right, so if you're working with deer, elk or Tandy's Deertand cowhide, I bet the bag comes out just right.

That makes me think you could use that hair-on hide for an outside "liner." Just do like I do- glue it to the leather pieces before assembling the bag. I've used Barge rubber cement for years, but the toluene in it will sure lift your spirits if you use it indoors.

Lately I've switched to Tandy's EcoFlo water soluble contact cement. It's latex based, and smells just like latex housepaint. But man, is it ever good stuff. Hard to imagine, but it appears to work even better than Barge.

 

[Joel Lehman]

A raw hog hide is cut in strips and fried in lard until crisp. I think even Bill Clinton likes to eat them.