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wet scrape deer hide?
trail walker:
so i wanted to try a wet scrape deer hide without using any lie or wood ashes. I let the hide soak in the bucket for 2 1/2 days, i have been changing out the water once a day. and today i pulled it thinking there was barely starting to be some hair slippage out to dehair it and it kind of stank. is that normal for a plain water wet scrape or did i leave it in to long?
Pappy:
Yep they stink, you have to remember that to wet scrape you have to have the hide just short of spoiling for the hair to slip. :)
Pappy
BowEd:
Yep like Pappy said and that rot line is fine.Past it and the leather is compromised to get weaker.If brain tanning it later you will notice it through the strenuous stretching and pulling to soften process.
trail walker:
Awesome thanks guys!
bjrogg:
Great to see you here again trail walker, hope school is going good. Did you leave that cowhide hair on rawhide, or did you tan it?
Bjrogg
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