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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Life is good
« Reply #10230 on: January 07, 2014, 09:05:20 am »
No place on earth like Twin Oaks Pappy. :)  Sharon and I are really looking forward to getting back there for the Classic this spring and spending time with all our new friends.
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« Reply #10231 on: January 07, 2014, 11:32:22 am »
Quote from: MWirwicki on January 06, 2014, 02:25:02 pm
So, How did Jon tan that possum so fast?

Not fully tanned yet Matt.  Just rawhide on the skin side, the fur is clean on the other.  Pappy and I are going to try to brain tan it when he begins work on one of his hides soon.  I simply stretched the hide on a board and scrapped it clean as a whistle, then washed it a second time in the green no scent hunters soap.  No smell of the opossum any longer on the fur.   :) 

I wanted to see if we might could make string silencers with the fur.  It's a project in the works.   ;D
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #10232 on: January 07, 2014, 01:23:14 pm »
Jon, do you have to set the hair before tanning it?
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« Reply #10233 on: January 07, 2014, 03:54:58 pm »
No idea what setting the hair is Pat.   :)
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #10234 on: January 07, 2014, 04:35:45 pm »
So it doesn't fall out later. I think with some tanning methods alum is used to hold the hair follicles in. I've never done any tanning but have read about how to.
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« Reply #10235 on: January 08, 2014, 04:38:47 am »
He just scrapped and sanded the flesh side,Rawhide with hair on right now,I will brain it when it warm up a little.I will just brain the flesh side,it should be fine.I really like the looks of it,possums are an ugly critter but they have a really nice hide. Sorry for the wrong use of words Matt. ;) :)Up tp 9 above here this morning,feels like a heat wave. ;) :) in the 50's by the weekend. :)
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« Reply #10236 on: January 08, 2014, 12:48:23 pm »
You guys will be ready to kick back by the pool this weekend. ;D Here's where I'll be. I'm moving to a Resort on the Dead Sea. It's a pretty cool place, just have to figure out how to bring back some of this primo Brown flint that is everywhere.
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« Reply #10237 on: January 08, 2014, 02:18:20 pm »
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« Reply #10238 on: January 08, 2014, 02:25:48 pm »
Looks like it's gonna be a hard tour.  ;D
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Offline JW_Halverson

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« Reply #10239 on: January 08, 2014, 10:10:33 pm »
Quote from: Pat B on January 08, 2014, 02:25:48 pm
Looks like it's gonna be a hard tour.  ;D

No kidding!  Didja see that woman's beach wear?
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« Reply #10240 on: January 09, 2014, 05:30:30 am »
Ya I bet that's kind of hot JW. ;) ;D ;D Cool Eddie but I anT much on beaches ,so you have fun,keep you head down and I will just head off to the cabin and live the poor life. ;) :) :)
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Offline osage outlaw

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« Reply #10241 on: January 09, 2014, 08:54:14 am »
Doesn't look like much hunting ground over there Eddie  :(   Not much bow wood either
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« Reply #10242 on: January 09, 2014, 09:24:11 am »
There is plenty of hunting grounds there, Clint but not the kind of hunting we enjoy.  :o
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« Reply #10243 on: January 09, 2014, 11:40:50 am »
Ya things you hunt over there,are pretty efficient in hunting you back.  ??? ;) :)
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Offline osage outlaw

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« Reply #10244 on: January 09, 2014, 12:06:44 pm »
I guess so.  I was thinking more along the lines of deer, turkey, and rabbits.  I bet there isn't even a single wild hog for Mullet to run over. 
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