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Title: Preparing beaver tails for grips
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on July 12, 2012, 01:42:11 pm

Any good tips for preparing raw beaver tails for grip material? Are they treated like snakes? Skin, flesh, pin and air dry? 
Thanks all

Title: Re: Preparing beaver tails for grips
Post by: blackhawk on July 12, 2012, 01:47:14 pm

 :laugh:  :laugh:  ;D....ill tell ya if ya give me one..lol ;D

Title: Re: Preparing beaver tails for grips
Post by: crooketarrow on July 12, 2012, 02:10:12 pm

  Yes just like snake skins. Taned works good also but it's really easy to pull through your holes when tieing on. I tie my handle matteral on really tight. I do this After I punch my holes I cut a thin leather strip around a inch wide same leanth as your handles.  Super glue it to where your holes are punched. Glue it down let dry. Repuch the holes throught the leather. This really helps with the holes tearing out. Soke the handle to it's really plyable I like useing the fake sinew for tieing. With exture leather you can really stretch for handle materal tight. I have put tight bond on the skin before I tied it on. But when the skins stretched really tight you really don't have to add the tight bond.
  If you have any extures skins I've got lots of things to trade or will buy them.
  I had a guy here no WVSPORTSMAN THAT WAS GOING TO SELL ME A FEW. BUT WE HAD MAJOR STORMS 2 weeks ago
 some county still are with out power. He just emailed me the other day and he had'nt had powere for 9 days and lost everything in this fridge and frezzers. I'm down to one so I'll take all you can give me if you have any. Or anyone else, any trappers this fall PM ME if you'd like to sell or rid of what you have.

Title: Re: Preparing beaver tails for grips
Post by: osage outlaw on July 12, 2012, 02:38:06 pm

They are a pain.  Good luck with it