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Offline xpertbushman

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Juniper Wood for Rawhide
« on: December 15, 2014, 06:48:06 pm »
Looking for Juniper wood, preferably seasoned. Anybody have billets, staves that they could part with? I have some rawhides in the freezer.
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Re: Juniper Wood for Rawhide
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2014, 10:55:40 pm »
Lots of trade request but still no pictures? You are kinda new here, some people might shy away from your trades without some pictures. Heck, I'll trade with anybody, but I'm just lurking and wondering.
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Juniper Wood for Rawhide
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2014, 09:58:47 pm »
You live in Washington? Why not cut some? Your very close to juniper, and also yew.
Juniper seasons very quick if roughed out to bow dimensions.
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Re: Juniper Wood for Rawhide
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2014, 11:14:10 pm »
I'll be your huckleberry. How much rawhide, and what type are we talking?
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Offline xpertbushman

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Re: Juniper Wood for Rawhide
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2014, 10:50:30 am »
Well i have 4 hides in the freezer. They just need to be de-fleshed, de-haired and dried. Huckleberry? I actually laughed when I read that. Also to the community, sorry that I've been behind on my pictures. I'm all out of data for my phone and have no internet at home. I will catch up on those pictures.
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Offline xpertbushman

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Re: Juniper Wood for Rawhide
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2014, 01:38:11 pm »
Oh and they are whitetail rawhides.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Juniper Wood for Rawhide
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2014, 08:39:51 am »
That's not rawhide you have there bud, that's frozen deer skin. There is hours and hours of work between frozen deer skin and rawhide.
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Offline Eric Garza

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Re: Juniper Wood for Rawhide
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2014, 08:46:57 am »
What PearlDrums said, plus are you actually planning on shipping someone a frozen deer hide? How are you going to guarantee it will stay frozen in transit? Or are you willing to risk them receiving a stinky, rotting hide?

At the very least you need to thaw the hide, salt it and put it in something that won't let it dry out too much. Or you'll need to thaw out the hide and actually turn it into rawhide, which, as PD notes, is hours and hours of work if you want to do a good job. It will be much cheaper to ship finished rawhide than to ship a frozen green hide, or even a salted hide. The moisture in the hide and especially the hair weigh a lot.
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Offline xpertbushman

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Re: Juniper Wood for Rawhide
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2014, 10:49:46 am »
Well i best get to work then.  :)
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Juniper Wood for Rawhide
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2014, 09:06:03 am »
Good rawhide is a real trade gem. Get busy and when your done you'll have some "cash" to play with on here.
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Juniper Wood for Rawhide
« Reply #10 on: December 25, 2014, 06:43:32 pm »
Rawhide is a bit of work, but not nearly as much as braintan buckskin.  Deerskins into Buckskins is a good braintanning book that also covers making rawhide. 
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