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Grainy Deerskins (underground scraping aka basement scraping)

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primitivepaulette:
Not sure if you can reverse the looks once it's smoked? Maybe by really smoking it heavy it can be.. never gave that much thought!

Yes the narrow pole is pretty aggressive and a wider one would make a wider path for sure..but my skins are usually scraped without soaking FIRST.. they I find I repeat the scraping after soaking.. was last summer anyway. I do use my frame sometimes in the basement or even my living room.. quite a wrestle getting it into the basement..BUT seems a heck of a lot easier to soften them.

This one I'm working on really seems to feel a bit tacky.. I think I'll rinse it and wring it a couple of times and then rebrain it.. might even soften easy by hand if the ground substances are then totally removed.. maybe I should bring the old wringer machine back in the house and leave several skins to soak and agitate in it for a long while! with a little vinegar!

Pappy:
I usually scrap my dry also in a rack but after the 1st soak I will look it over and if I have ant whiskers left on it I will scrap it again on my fleshing beam, they don't tan very soft if any of that is any follicles left on the hair side. It like a Saturday night beard. :) Nice set up. :)
   Pappy

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