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Beaver pelt for snake skins...
Lee Dogman:
When I back a glass bow, I remove the scales, so hide thickness is probably more important than "scale type." Do you know if the skin can be thinned on the inside without removing color?
If not, then I would either want YOUNG snakes just barely long enough (say 36" or so) OR...another type of snake. I don't want to put thick snake skin on the back of the bow, as I want to keep performance up. FYI, the skins will be covering a triple carbon limb that is backed with black glass...so performance is hhigh and although I want to put some "natural camo" over the carbon back I don't want to give up the performance the carbon is going to provide me.
Do you think I should stick with western diamond back? (I don't like eastern or prarie rattler). I might would consider sidewinder if one could find a matching pair long enough, but I think they tend to be a bit small.
I am open to your knowledge and input...and again I will gladly reserve the two beaver pelts for you to trade for something you have that you think will work well if you so wish.
Don't ever come across Gaboon Viper do you?
NTD:
You aren't actually removing the scales. You are removing the unshed skin. If ya removed the scales there'd be no pattern left. When I say thick it's relative to rattlesnakes which are VERY VERY thin. I really doubt it would rob you any performance. I mean it's not like rawhide or anything. They are just not tissue paper thin like diamonbacks.
I don't get 3 ft range boas very often. Sidewinders are almost never over 2ft.
Go ahead and leave them up for trade. Maybe someone will offer you something you'll like. If not I will get ahold of you again when I get the boas. Just to let you know I will be posting a boa that I currently have available tomorrow. Not trying to short you I just have a specific item I am looking to get for that skin.
Lee Dogman:
I appreciate the information. If you don't mind the questions, what other skins are "very very thin?"
If diamond back offers the lightest weight skin, I am certainly content with a good matched set of westerns. I only ask about what else is very thin because it would be nice to have something else as long as it doesn't add a significant weight to the skin. That said, I am sure none of them are like "rawhide." I did work at the Cincinnati Zoo's reptile house and Komodo Dragon exibit a few decades ago. LOL.
NTD:
Komodo would sure be like rawhide LOL ;D I actually skinned out a uromastyx lizard and sent it to DanaM. That thing was nearly rawhide.
Longnose snakes are quite thin, but I have a long waiting list for those. Kingsnakes are also thin. All the rattlesnakes have been thin but I think sidewinders have been the thickest for the rattlers. Young ball pythons are pretty darn thin Should have a bunch of those in a few weeks as well If I can get up to phoenix. But those aren't very long.
Lee Dogman:
Do you ever get bullsnake...something like this? And if so, is it thin or thick compared to say a king snake.
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