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Framed beef rawhide
BowEd:
The Amish gave me another raw beef hide.From a frozen 80# ball of beef hide I'll make rawhide from it.It's from a 900 pound animal.I just fleshed it on my fleshing beam and framed it.I'll let it dry and dry scrape dehair it later.It should yield over 30 square feet of rawhide.
Pappy:
WOW now that's a hide, lots of work but will be worth it. :)
Pappy
Hawkdancer:
Ed, how big is your frame? I have a full cow hide in the freezer to get done, took the hair off, but
I don’t remember if I fleshed it or not- come to think about it, I’m not sure which freezer it’s in (lol)!
Hawkdancer
BowEd:
I used my elk hide frame for this one made from 2" by 6"'s.Inside dimensions are 6.5' by 5.5'.Large beef over 1000 pounds will require a larger frame yet.Then you'll get into mature buffalo sized hides of over 35 square feet.
Pretty sure you fleshed it before dehairing it or should have anyway.Personally I'm glad to get this one out of the freezer.We need the space for other things edible this summer and fall.
I make many things out of beef rawhide.
gutpile:
fills that frame up...gut
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