How to prep beaver tail for handle wraps?

[Fox]

I cooked my beaver tail up a few days ago with some venison fillets (go over to the cooking section to check that out)
I just cut the tail off whole and put it in the freezer. I pulled it out the other day and skinned and cooked it. It was so hard to skin, I did a bad bad job
but it will be fine four maybe 1 handle wrap.... so should I just flesh it and dry it? then rehydrate before putting on a bow? it seemed super week as I tore it once. The side of the tail were a pain because they stuck together odly



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[BowEd]

Salting it to remove moisture from fat and flesh helps cleaning it up.It is delicate stuff.Then refreeze it for future use when your ready to use it.
Use alcohol or anything else to remove oily fat residue before glueing for handle wrap.
Helps to glue a strip of deerhide onto the edge of beavertail for sewing integrety.Holes can rip out while seweing.

[Fox]

Okay thanks BowEd

[BowEd]

Your welcome Fox...I suggest you use a sharper knife next time you skin out a beaver tail.From a 30# or more beaver one should be able to get at least 2 handle wraps for bows.

[Fox]

yeah, i definitely should have taken a minute to sharpen my knife... the thing I was having a hard time with was with the edge, it was like there was no fat/meat in between them so it was like the two pieces of skin met and became one 

[BowEd]

It takes a little practice to get it right.

[gutpile]

definitely add some leather strips to the holes when sewing or it will rip out..gut