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Offline mcginnis6010

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snake skin
« on: May 30, 2012, 04:41:42 pm »
Here's a pic of the skin from a black racer I picked up the other day. Think ill put it on a sheath or knife handle.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: snake skin
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2012, 05:21:00 pm »
That kind of looks like a black rat snake to me.  It has a faint visible pattern on it.  I've skinned lots of black rat snakes and they all have that same faint pattern.  The black racers are solid black and have different/smaller scales.  They are a lot harder to de-scale than the black rat snakes.  At least that is what I have observed in my area.  It could be different in another part of the country.  I probably have a skin that matches that one if you want to use them to back a bow with.  If your interested, PM me and we can work out a trade  :)
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Offline HickoryBill

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« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2012, 09:08:41 pm »
Yep looks like a eastern black snake to me..I've used them on several bows..Once you get the scales off, they actually have a pretty cool pattern.
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Offline mcginnis6010

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Re: snake skin
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2012, 09:11:24 pm »
well im actually out of dry staves right now and all the staves that i do have are still green( just cut a lil over a week ago) so unfortunately i dont have any stave to work with right now. But i cant wait for my black cherry stave to dry out some. :)
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: snake skin
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2012, 10:56:20 pm »
You can keep a dried snake skin for a long time. 
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Offline criveraville

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« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2012, 01:16:24 am »
Ya ya.. I'm no expert, but it looks like a rat snake to me..

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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: snake skin
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2012, 10:40:03 pm »
mcginnis, I also have several black racer skins if you want to use one of those.
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