learned brethern,after recieving a calf from a farmer friend, and after skinning,dissecting,portioning and feeding it to my bunch of savages,i then turned my attention to the skin.I tacked it tightly to the shed door and proceeded to scrape and remove any traces of flesh and fat and add liberal and copius ammounts of tabel salt.after a week of this it was dried and i removed it from the door.unfortunately its like a body going through the throes of rigamortis.The quest i seek is,HOW THE HELL DO I SOFTEN IT. is there anything i can do to return it to a supple state,i have somewhere in the hous