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hammerstone:
the easiest way i,ve found to remove hair,and i assume you want rawhide, is to throw the whole thing in container of water. no fancy solutions or anything.let set about three days and check for slippage. if no check tomorrow.stinks like hell but,is much easier to scrape.may wrinkle some but smooths right out on bow backs.i also use it on squirrel hides for bowstrings.

mullet:
When you slip the hair wet, whether with plain water or lye added you are starting the hide on the way to rotting. After five days in the water I have found nothing but hair and stinky jello. JMO, I think it weakens the hide.

Pappy:
I do also Eddie,but lots of people do it that way.Here are some pictures of the tool in case you want to replicate it.  :)
   Pappy

leapingbare:
What Pappy said is dead on.
 Here is a link to the place to buy a scraper like the one pappy uses.

http://w ww.braintan.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY& Store_Code=1&Category_Code=Tools

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