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Advice how to preparea raw hide from deer

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Lumberman:
I think I would rather have hair blowing around than the smell I associate with slipping. Slippage usually occurs from bacteria eating the membrane casing around the hair follicle and then if the skin is wet and pliable they'll slip right out, not sure how the ash method really works. Let us know how it goes whichever method you use

Outbackbob48:
Wet or Dry deer seem to have a lot more hair than you think :o :o :( just tell the wife your helping the birds with nesting building materials . ;D :D  Hardwood ashes and lime mixes are lye acid and cause the hide to swell so that when you scrape you are removing hair and grain ( epidermis) Your hide will be very slippery especially if you use lime and needs lots of water to rinse out (like a running stream overnite) and return to normal thickness. Bob

freke:
Sounds dry scraping is the way, the spring is here so I think its absoluly perfect time for drying and work outdoor with it,
but I have to bribe her with chocolate and roses and send her away for a day or two :),

  - the scraper is there any spacial better than other?

Pappy:
I have one made just for the job. I will get a picture up of it , maybe tomorrow if I don't forget, forgetting a lot lately. ;) :)
 Pappy

Outbackbob48:
I am a wet scraper so I use my Neckers fleshing knife on the dull edge on a beam, Dry scrapers ( in a frame) use a different type of scraper, I know this is what Pappy uses but not sure of where you get them. Put down a tarp under your scraping beam or frame and catch most of your hair. I just drag my tarp over in the woods and let nature take care of hair pile, seems to last a long time. If your doing just a couple of hides maybe a homemade scraper will work :o Professional fleshing knives and scrapers can be kinda pricey for just a few hides but they also work excellent, I do a lot of trapping so a good fleshing knife is just something ya gotta have :( Bob

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