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Tanning Hides
jamie:
yeah i stopped using brains a while ago. the deers, i still use mine on occassion ;D
Coo-wah-chobee:
Any egg will work. Like gators er ostriches ! Hey I didnt say that ! :o ;D ;D ;D...........Just funnin' sorta of ;).......bob
Slaughter:
Ok so I learned something..that makes it a Good day.
Now is there an easier way to work the hides and insure that they get dry??
Something a bit less labor and time intensive perhaps.
I would rather eat the expensive eggs than tan with them thnough ;D
And btw jamieand bob, Merry meet (bow)
jamie:
did you rack the hide while scraping like the attatched pic? its the best way to dry hair on hides. and hair off too. it opens to the hide up to the air and you can use a broom handle to stretch the hide as it dries. with hair off hides you will actually increase the size of the hide. you dont want to increase the hair on hide much . possibility of losing hair.
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Slaughter:
No jamie I dont rack them that way I scrape them on a flat board with a stone scraper and then work them dry over a smooth log or pipe. It doesnt look to me as if Im leaving any membrane.
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