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The Adventures of Stinky Rawhide: Deerskin Soup, Part 1

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Minuteman:
In the interest of experimentation ( and to satisfy my curiosity) you might leave one with the grain on just to see how much it's different than the grained hides. ;)
 I moved the hides back inside the basement guys , don't tell the wife!  :o It smells pretty good now. I just hafta keep adding the fresh bark every 4 or 5 days.

orcbow:
I promise I'll never mention it!! ;D ;D

JackCrafty:
I'm having so much "fun" I got the wife to take pictures.  Of course she thinks the whole process is really gross......but at least she knows I'm not out back relaxing in a hammock sippin' lemonade or something..... ::)





This last picture is two de-haired hides back in the hydrated lime....I'll finish scraping them tomorrow (to remove the grain and remaining membrane).

Minuteman:
The process IS gross, she's right. :P I must say that is the nicest space suit I've ever seen anyone where while working on deer skins. :D  Rubber gloves inside the leather ones is a good idea.

 I usually wrap a trash bag around my waist with a cord that way I don't have to take it off over my head.You'd think with a bounty of hair like you have you'd be afraid of losing some to the bucking solution! ;) :D
 
A buddy of mine is bringing me a coon skin Sunday afternoon. We're gonna put it in the bark tan and see how it does. I've read that the acid in the tannin will set the hair and won't make it slip, guess we'll see.
 I'm glad you finally got the hair to slip.

JackCrafty:
 :D

Dang!  You're right Minuteman....I didn't think about getting that stuff in my own hair when I pull that bag over my head. :o

The apron idea sounds good, but I don't set the fleshing beam that low.  I end up getting the bucking solution all over me anyway.......Maybe I should get me one of these "space suits" (see below).... ;D  Looks almost as good as the trash bag, don'tcha think?

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