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Tanned Critters
BowEd:
You bet that stuff will work fine to tan I'm sure but it's got to be fleshed and as much of the mambrane off too.Good score bud.Nice hide and job of skinning him.
osage outlaw:
I'll scrape it clean before I start tanning it. I got a section of large diameter PVC pipe that I use as a fleshing board.
---GUTSHOT--->:
Clint all hides that you want to keep the hair on needs pickling this method really sets the hair/fur and keeps it from slipping. I've tanned a lot of critters and the first ones I done slipped the fur around the ears mostly. Once I started pickling no more fur slippage. Save that yote for when I come up and we will pickle it along with any other hides you got that you want to save the hair on.
Mo_coon-catcher:
No pictures of anything I've got tanned at the moment. Though when I get data back on my phone I can get a few pictures of some stuff. Like my raccon quiver and a couple of others I have laying around. But I've got a few tanning projects I'm buildings towards. I finally got around to fleshing out a coyote hide I shot the first week of deer season. It's drying on a board at the moment to help the hair set and stay put better. I'm going to turn it into a quiver for my uncle. I also fleshed out a couple of deer hides that I currently have soaking in some wood ashes to make the hair and grain slip. I still haven't decided what I want to do with them yet. I would like some rawhide for backing, but I would also like to tannic acid tan a hide to see how the leather turns out, and I want to brain tan some leather. I might cut out the center strips on the backs and let those dry out for backing strips, while I soften the belly and leg pieces into different types of leather. But doe season is coming up so I should be able to ask around and get some more hides. In addition to having a couple of tags left myself.
I think i may do a little bit of trapping this winter once classes are finally over and see if I can get some materials built up.
Kyle
osage outlaw:
--- Quote from: ---GUTSHOT---> on December 01, 2016, 01:20:15 pm ---Clint all hides that you want to keep the hair on needs pickling this method really sets the hair/fur and keeps it from slipping. I've tanned a lot of critters and the first ones I done slipped the fur around the ears mostly. Once I started pickling no more fur slippage. Save that yote for when I come up and we will pickle it along with any other hides you got that you want to save the hair on.
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I've got a freezer full of hides I want to tan with the hair on. I'll order some tanning solution before you come up.
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