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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Zuma on May 05, 2016, 09:16:15 pm

Title: Egg dressed mink
Post by: Zuma on May 05, 2016, 09:16:15 pm

Skinned em fleshed em. washed em with detergent.
Then I soaked em in egg and hot water wringing out
a few times before leaving overnight in solution.
Put the hide on a stretching board inside and out as it dried.
I constantly rumbled and stretched the hide for two days.
Not great but no flies >:D
Zuma

Title: Re: Egg dressed mink
Post by: 4est Trekker on May 05, 2016, 11:30:30 pm

Nice work!  I tried that with a coyote skin once...just once.   :P   Did you take that fur yourself?

Title: Re: Egg dressed mink
Post by: chamookman on May 06, 2016, 03:42:08 am

Looks good ! Bob

Title: Re: Egg dressed mink
Post by: Zuma on May 06, 2016, 03:29:32 pm

Thanks fellas,
I have a lifetime trapping licence
but the mink was a road kill. :laugh:
Zuma

Title: Re: Egg dressed mink
Post by: BowEd on May 06, 2016, 06:11:03 pm

Nice little pouch you got there.

Title: Re: Egg dressed mink
Post by: bjrogg on May 07, 2016, 10:01:43 pm

Looks good Zuma. I didn't know you could tan with eggs.

Title: Re: Egg dressed mink
Post by: Zuma on May 08, 2016, 08:54:42 am

Thanks gents.
BJ Yes you can, I'm to woosee to crack skulls open.
Besides that mnk brain was smaller than an egg.
Zuma

Title: Re: Egg dressed mink
Post by: Outbackbob48 on May 10, 2016, 04:45:20 pm

Don, is that a ranch mink, looks light in color compared to our wild mink that are a deep chocolate brown almost look black. just curious either way looks like ya got it soft. Bob

Title: Re: Egg dressed mink
Post by: Zuma on May 10, 2016, 07:19:44 pm

Actually it's wild from North Dakota.
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