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sonny:
dry scrape = after it's dry! (not tryin' to be a smart&$$)
that's why they scrape some of the hair off in that zig-zag pattern- so that the
hide will dry thoroughly.

hopefully they'll correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure they flesh 'em wet,
the dry scrape the hair off.

Pappy:
What Sonny said.after it is racked let it dry hair side toward the sun if possible.It will tighten up and then you can scrape it.If you try and scrape it while it is still wet or not fully dry if will try and waffle board on you. :) No real hurry after you get it racked and it dries to get the hair off.I have left them for a month or 2. I would rather not do that but sometimes things get in the way and they really don't hurt,all they are at that point is rawhide with the hair on. :)
   Pappy

nlester:

--- Quote from: Pappy on December 19, 2011, 07:20:33 am ---What Sonny said.after it is racked let it dry hair side toward the sun if possible.It will tighten up and then you can scrape it.If you try and scrape it while it is still wet or not fully dry if will try and waffle board on you. :) No real hurry after you get it racked and it dries to get the hair off.I have left them for a month or 2. I would rather not do that but sometimes things get in the way and they really don't hurt,all they are at that point is rawhide with the hair on. :)
   Pappy

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Pappy,
What are you using to dry scrape with?

Pappy:
It is a bought scraper I got from a tanning co. Not sure the name.I tried to make several but this works much better than the ones I made. It is basically a rounded blade mounted at an angle on a handle.I will try and get a better picture of it when I get back to the cabin. :)

  Pappy

nlester:
Sounds good.  Thanks Pappy!

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