My first big hide
I have turned squille hides into rawhid but I have never delt with a bigger hide. This hide is small for a deer but it is big enough. I am not sure if I got all the membrane off but I will have to...
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Carefull around those holes, especially on the hair side. I have put some sort of marker in the hole so I can see where the hole is when I've dry scraped. Your blade needs to be sharp enough to shave...
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Thanks, I will be sure to mark those holes.The reason that the holes for framing are far away is because I had a limited amount of rope. A couple holes did rip out though. I will get more rope and do...
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Plenty of cordage on any farm with bales of any sort. I think that is what Y has his skins strung up with on the photo of rawhide.The Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on...
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I just started dehairing the hide today. It seems to be working well. The hair comes right off and if I am not mistaken I think the epidermis is coming off will little work as well. I will post...
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knowing when you have the epidermis off of dry scrape is the hardest thing about dry scraping. Because your dealing with a very thin skin in comparison to wet scraping you can't really see when you've...
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