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BowEd:
You bet.For this hide I did.Pig brains from Hy Vee.
Used to be they were only .89 a pound.Now they are close to 2.50.Could be I overbrain my hides a bit but that does'nt hurt a bit.Normal deer brains amount to about 3/4 pound a deer.Cattle a bit more maybe a little over a pound.Really any type brains at all will work.1000 mice brains too.....lol.

mullet:
I've only found one place around where I live that will order brains for me but they said I had to buy a whole case. I can just about buy a finished hide for that.

bjrogg:
I might have to check with the local small town slaughter house, I've been meaning to ask him about sinew too. Not sure what kind of rules they might have regarding "MAD COW" I'm sure they can't use brain or spinal cord for consumption in beef.

BowEd:
mullet.....I see your kinda left with brains from what you harvest maybe or like from these slaughter houses possibly.
bjrogg....Yes.That is a thought there.I'm supposing testing is done to the butchered animal prior to butchering.At least for cattle brains anyway.Not sure there's anything known bad about pig brains yet......lol.
I've read of success by those using eggs etc.Never tried it or seen the results though on larger animals rawhide.
The sun did come out for a bit.So I remembered to sew up the only hole in this hide prior to the stretching and roping.I use a no. 10 sharps needle meant for beadwork on no. 10 seed beads and the thin nylon thread I use to bead with.It is about like a regular hand sewing needle but has a chisel point on it.The hole is sewn from the flesh side with a whip stitch.It will conform to the stretching that's done while roping.After roping and the hide is dry I will cut this stitching out and replace it with real sinew before smoking.Which will result in a flat almost hidden type hole fix.
Flesh side

Hair side

It clouded over again later and started raining some so the hide went into the plastic bag and into the frig till tomorrow.Forecast is better.

mullet:
Ed, right now I've got some brains left that Pappy gave me last year but I'm wanting to rebrain two out of three hides I'm working on and starting to get low on what I have. I've been squeezing over a bucket to make it last.

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