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Zuma:
Holy Moly, :o
This is sort of a continuation of two threads.
I am lazy and always lookin for short cuts and potential
improvements. But I am cheap too. Retired on SS with no
income from my X wives. Yeah, I know!  ;D
Anyway, in one of the other threads I said I would try pressure 
washing the hair side of a deer hide that didn't have the benefit
of an ash bath. It took more time than it did with the ash bath
but it was because I had to remove the epidermis as well to get
the hair. I was doing ok until I met the neck area. ???
A total brick wall. Nothing would budge. More resistant at the spine
and a wee bit better towards the edges until the pressure just couldn't
cut it anymore. Photo shows end of the road even with my crude scraper.
Zuma

Outbackbob48:
Don, throw your hide back in some warm water for 3 days if warm 6 days if cold, The hair will eventually slip but you still got to remove the grain with your scraper, necks are notoriously just plain tuff. Buck-up Buttercup ;D ;D ;D :o Bob

Zuma:

--- Quote from: Outbackbob48 on November 28, 2017, 06:58:40 pm ---. Buck-up Buttercup ;D ;D ;D :o Bob

--- End quote ---
Thanks Brother, :) Yep I'll add some ash too. I found out to rush ain't cool.
Also I will find the soft spot in your heel one day >:D >:D.
Zuma

mullet:
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :'(

Outbackbob48:
Don, here is something else that my help on the thick necks, Remember when I was explaining fleshing knives that have a dull side and a sharp side, the convex side of my fleshing knife is razor sharp and is used for shaving gristle off beaver and the tuff stuff on the neck area of coons and I try and shave down the grain side of those extra thick Buck necks, be careful its easy to cut holes with the sharp side, I have a mid range price wise fleshing knife, Today probably run about $65 and the sky is the limit on the better ones, Mine is a Necker 600, and I happened to have this from my days of trapping,,kinda pricey for entry level braintanning. Good luck with your buck hide, I have a bunch of braintan with stiff hard necks so you are not alone. Bob

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