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Braintan almost dry

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Pappy:
Nice Job Bob, way to hot here for me to do any hide work. You are tough. ;)
 Pappy

Hawkdancer:
Nice looking hide.  Should be real pretty after it is smoked!
Hawkdancer

Trapper Rob:
Bob what's the height & width of you're frame?

Outbackbob48:
Rob, that's a good question, just went up and measured it. 4'-10" wide by 5'-4" high on the inside, could stand to be a little taller. Bob

Mo_coon-catcher:
That’s looking great! You’ll hve to post pictures once you get it smoked.

Do you dry scrape the hair off or use a bucking solution?
I keep intending to do that, But usually get distracted at the hair stripping step, they freez up, and it disappears into the lye water. I’ve learned that even frozen in a block of ice, the lye from wood ash will dissolve a hide pretty quickly. But the hair and grain strip off great once properly soaked.

Kyle

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