Born and raised in Thermopolis, Wyoming, Merlin Heinze opened a commercial tannery, Merlin’s Hide Out, with his wife, Barb, in 1999. Two years earlier, he had gotten hooked on tanning after making his own beaver gators. Buffalo hair-on-hides are his specialty, but he also handcrafts fox, coyote and beaver pelts. The tannery sells accessories ranging from coats and handbags to rugs and blankets. His claim to fame is crafting the buf
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