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Tanning bear paws on progress pictures

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BowEd:
Good score BJ.You can get all sorts of nice projects done out of a decent sized black bear hide.Quite a jump start on something larger to make out of it compared to using tanned coon hides.Turning the eyes,ears,nose,lips,& feet are'nt all that necessary for projects for the hide itself.Just so the pickling has gotten through those areas good.
Usually fall hides will be thinner then spring hides leather thickness wise.At least it's that way with most animals.

bjrogg:
Yup Ed a whole lot more hide to work with than a mink or muskrat that's for sure. I'm really not set up that's good for hides this big yet. I should make a lot bigger fleshing beam. Getting kinda  excited to see how it turns out.
Bjrogg

bjrogg:
This has been a major project. I finally have my bear pickled, tanned and softening oils massaged in. He's been drying since Friday if I remember right. He's finally getting close to done. I have been working him over a 90 degree edge on a piece of steel and brushing with a steel wire brush stretching twisting working everywhere and special attention to places that are just the right moisture. The hide should turn white when stretching if right. To dry it turns stiff to wet it won't break fibers. It seems if you don't keep teasing it when it's wet it gets hard even when it's just right. the whole hide is never perfect at the same time and you have to keep working till entire hide is dry and white.
 
Here's some pictures Paws
Bjrogg

bjrogg:
Hide as I'm working it's one spot to wet the other almost right.
Bjrogg

bjrogg:
Not going to be able to finish him tonight so I turned him fur side out overnight to slow drying
Bjrogg

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