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Advice how to preparea raw hide from deer

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---GUTSHOT--->:
Me personally after I flesh my hides I use hard 1/2 gal of hard ash and 5 gal of water soak for 2 days. Take out out the wind to my back then on my fleshing beam I have a oak board strip I've made and I just push it across the hair and it just falls off. Luckily I have a nice creek by my house and I do my work and wash it down there. Then I put it in my stretching frame

freke:

--- Quote from: Gutshot on May 08, 2016, 07:54:32 am ---Me personally after I flesh my hides I use hard 1/2 gal of hard ash and 5 gal of water soak for 2 days. Take out out the wind to my back then on my fleshing beam I have a oak board strip I've made and I just push it across the hair and it just falls off. Luckily I have a nice creek by my house and I do my work and wash it down there. Then I put it in my stretching frame

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Well I was in the cross-road between a wet work with ash/water (I will write down your receipt for later), or dry scraping - I chose the second road and so far it works well and no more scratches/cut althrough the surface is still pealing of white dust.

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