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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Jan 2, 2008 23:26:40 GMT -5
Hey Boys I decided to try to do some deer hoofs for decorations on my posible bag staps so I checked around and what I did was cut the feet off about 2" above the hoofs and while still pretty fresh (and I think thats important)put them in some water thats already boiling and left them for about 5mins. and took them out one at a time and grabed the leg with a rag so not to burn myself and grab the toes with some pliers and pull with a twisting motion and the toes come right off and if they dont put them back in for a little but not too long or the insides will start cooking too much .Then cut the soft part with a sharp knife and trim the hoof up smooth like you may want them and after they dry like maybe tomorrow drill a hole through the pointed end and hang them on whatever you wish .You can polish them with fine steel wool. The Indians would decorate thier bandoliers and such with them and they make a jigeling sound when you walk.Cant wait to finish them doing fine so far.
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Post by Buckskin Billy on Jan 3, 2008 10:41:54 GMT -5
i can't wait to see that.i been playing around with the idea of makeing a pouch with the dew claws attached
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Post by longtrail on Feb 14, 2008 14:41:19 GMT -5
I made some tipi knockers with deer and elk toes and dew claws. The larger toe had a hole drilled at the top to run a leather thong through, then I trimmed the edges along the bottom and hung several deer dew claws and bells from the bottom edge of the toe. Decorated the whole affair with beads, and they looked pretty neat. I don't care much for the job of removing the toes and dewclaws, but I will try your recommended technique. Thanks for the advice. lt
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Post by beaudro on Feb 14, 2008 16:37:25 GMT -5
here are some decent pics of those hoof ornaments, were used for many different things. I've saved the oil from removing hoofs and it's worth the trouble ,, real neatsfoot .
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Post by Buckskin Billy on Feb 15, 2008 10:18:37 GMT -5
thats cool.
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