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Post by longtrail on Jul 19, 2008 16:04:07 GMT -5
This morning's job, flesh two hides, prestretch one. Joe prestretched the other. We soak the salted hides over night and flesh the next day. Then soak overnight then dehair the next day.. I have a mosquito net that I use since the little gnats came out, the ones that insist on crawling around the eyes. Usually the horse flys are bad this time of year but when the cows move through they take a lot of bugs with them, so the neighbors are good for something besides keeping the grass cropped down after all. My dress is the latest in Diva hide working attire!! We have taken to fleshing the hide sideways on the beam. Seems the flesh peels off much easier and the hide is already starting to be opened up rather than scraped lengthwise resulting in the fibers being pulled tighter together. When Joe finishes dehairing tomorrow, he will turn the hide over, do a quick scraping just to loosen it back up again. When fleshed in this manner, when the hide is prebrained, it seems to soak up brain solution faster and better. So in the method we use, your already working the hide to open the fibers, even on the first step of the tanningprocess. Open fibers make for a soft hide all the way through. So for anyone who is interested in, our are trying our method, try this too. ;D There were some real hard edges that will be fleshed tomorrow when JOe takes the hide out to dehair them.
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Post by redthunder on Jul 19, 2008 21:26:23 GMT -5
you look pretty the mosquito net make it all ;D
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Post by paskinner on Jul 19, 2008 21:56:45 GMT -5
I thought only fashion models wore those little shiney black dresses. ;D
That looks like a pretty substantial fleshing knife, is that a commercial or homemade one?
We pretty much do the same as far as fleshing, but sometimes I rush it and flesh and grain a hide in the same day. I just left one in a day too long.... you really have to keep after them in this heat, or you'll have nothing but holes.
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Post by longtrail on Jul 19, 2008 22:16:02 GMT -5
We got the fleshing tool from a friend. He said it is made from a mower blade. Here's a better shot. Joe used a draw knife for years, but likes this one better because of the position of his wrists and the width of the grip.
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Post by redthunder on Jul 19, 2008 23:12:33 GMT -5
very nice fleshing knife, like the look, hope it work as well it look.,
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Post by longtrail on Jul 19, 2008 23:31:06 GMT -5
It does.
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Post by joanne2 on Jul 20, 2008 0:20:35 GMT -5
Looks kinda like you're 'dressed for success' in the Sioux belt bag picture and 'dressed to kill yourself' in these pics. But whatever!! ;-)
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Post by longtrail on Jul 20, 2008 8:50:08 GMT -5
:-)
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Post by Buckskin Billy on Jul 20, 2008 9:33:09 GMT -5
all them super models better watch out ;D
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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Jul 20, 2008 11:39:31 GMT -5
Im jelous of your big hides .I didnt notice so much till I started tanning ,now I only shoot the biggest deer I see .I got a new Rem..223 varmit rifle ,going to put it right in thier ear ,going to give them hides that choked look(no holes)
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Post by longtrail on Jul 20, 2008 13:20:55 GMT -5
Gee, I wish the hunters around her were a little more particular where they shot. We have a batch of really large hides coming up so will post a shot of them. We use a 30-06 Ruger. We would much rather deal with bullet holes than scores from bad tanning.
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Post by longtrail on Jul 20, 2008 13:57:55 GMT -5
Seems like reasonable hide fleshing garb to me. NOthing Id want to kill myself in. haha!
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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Jul 20, 2008 21:38:41 GMT -5
Yup theys alot of difference between hides we skin than the ones from the prosesser.They are skinnin for speed and we are skinnin cause we dont like to flesh and sew.
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