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making rawhide?

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Pappy:
I always rack them up and dry scrape, they have to be fresh or soak them in a bucket of water to do that. Rick it is because it is a lot of work,most don't even want to take the time to process the meat them self much less get all the good stuff left after you get the meat ,hide,sinew, brain,bones and so on. :) :) The only thing they seem not have trouble taking is the horns,especially if they are big ones. ;) :) :)
   Pappy

JackCrafty:
Hmmm...no store bought items?  That's a tough one.

If you have access to sticks, flint, and a dry patch of ground, you can stake it down and scrape it with a sharp piece of flint.  The Plains Indians used this method on green buffalo skins: it doesn't require the transporting of chemicals (ash), cordage, water, or drying racks.

TurtleCreek:
  The Feb/Mar 2011 issue of PA mag has a great "how-to" article on it, check it out.

youngbowyer:
I got all the hair of by soaking it in water with ashes for a week. It smelled but the hair came of easily. I'll dry scrape next time like Pappy, seems a lot easier

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