Soft, Dense & DurableMoose hides have the size and thickness of elk, but with the durable fiber structure of deer, making them ideal for moccasins. Moose hide soles will last considerably longer than deer, elk or buffalo. Our Moose are nice and soft, but Moose are by nature not that stretchy. This is a valuable quality for moccasins (don't want them to stretch out of shape on you), as well as for beadwork --- your hard earned designs retain their shape. Because of the way we remove the grain, our Moose retain their natural thickness, so they are perfect for moccasins or heavy bags.Highest QualityWe go way out of our way to get Moose that are well skinned with a minimum of scores on the flesh side. That being said, there will be some score marks and holes. Its unavoidable. Our hides are also uniformly soft. We pride ourselves on that...even the humps. We've been tanning moose for 20 years and sell them to traditional crafters throughout Alaska, Canada and the lower 48.Totally Natural Tanning can be very toxic (so toxic in fact that there are more tannery EPA Superfund sites than nuclear). Commercial leathers are tanned with trivalent chrome - the main culprit. We use totally natural oils and wood-smoke, like our ancestors the world over have done for eons, to make the hides naturally resistant to bugs and decay and safe for you and your loved ones too.SustainableUnlike wild harvested furs, purchasing moose hides doesn't encourage anyone to kill animals. Moose hides are mostly left in the woods, a waste product of the hunt, as they are only worth about $15 raw. Nearly all of the value of finished moose is in the labor, which there is an awful lot of. By buying them to tan, we hopefully motivate people to make a little extra effort to pack them out. Nobody is hunting moose for the hides.
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