Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: TurtleCreek on October 02, 2011, 05:27:20 pm
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Just thought I would share some pics of a few carp skins I have prepped. They are the common carp/yellow carp.
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Man they look sweeet.
Del
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They are sweet Del. He sent me a set as a gift in a trade, (thanks again). AMAZING color and detail in these skins. They will sit right in my shop desk drawer until I build a deserving bow for them. The pictures do do them justice. He did a perfect job preserving and prepping them. I think they may have enough resilliance to protect the back some, almost like very thin rawhide.
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So those skins are from the "normal", common, everyday Carp that are all over the place and not the sexy looking Grass Carp?
Man, if I had only known...had some friends that shot a ton of large Carp this summer and they just used em for garden fertilizer :'(
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Very nice. Would you give us specs (length and width)?
Do you know what was done to preserve them? I just e-mailed my fisher-friends with a carp alert. ;D
I'm telling them to freeze them if it's not possible to get them to me right away. Thanks.
Todd
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So those skins are from the "normal", common, everyday Carp that are all over the place and not the sexy looking Grass Carp?
Man, if I had only known...had some friends that shot a ton of large Carp this summer and they just used em for garden fertilizer :'(
I put a ring of them around my peach tree and haven't had peaches like that since I was a kid and dad planted a peach tree on the doggie doo dump spot (Parents had a kennel).
I've now prelined the spot I'll plant tomatoes next year and hope to get some more for where I plant the squash and pumpkins.
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Nice looking skins. Wow. How long were the fish to start?
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Turtl, I cant help but remember the bow that Mark made with some of those skins. I would love to get some of those if you areable I'd sure love to trade something for a set.
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Yup, those are just the common ol' carp, I like to call "The Rock River Salmon." The strips in the pics are 14 to 15 inches long and 2 to 2 1/4 inches wide. The 2 fish I got them from, I didn't measure exactly. All I can say is that they were an inch or two longer than a 5 gallon plastic bucket. I will be heading out on my next days off to try and get some more, might be a good opportunity to do a "carp skin prep along." I kind of developed my own method of doing the skins, so I will have to post that step by step when I get some more. Hopefully I will get lucky on the river and be able to get a good supply, I will let ya'll know when I do. Thanks for all the comments. Also, glad you like the skins Pearl Drums!
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You got it Keenan... pm sent
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Sweet skins,I done a Hickory with them on it once,very cool and also adds some
protection like rawhide because of the thickness of the skin. :)
Pappy
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They are SWEET
I've none carp twice they lokked really nice.
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Thanks for the info, and I would like to see your technique for making such nice square skings-carp are not shaped that way. How do you make the splice and secure it on a bow limb? Thanks again for sharing the pics
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Yo can splice them ,just be careful to try and line the patren up.I glue them on with TB3 ,wet them and work them the same as rawhide or a thick snake skin. :)
Pappy
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oh my god i love these skins so much we dont kill carp in the uk as they are our biggest sport fish and they are all owned.
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Pappy, that's the bow that made me want to seriously fish for carp and keep them. I love it.
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oh my god i love these skins so much we dont kill carp in the uk as they are our biggest sport fish and they are all owned.
You know I pretty much go a little bonkers of all the "less govt not more" as an anitliberatarian but that is a bit rediculous. I understand that they are a sport fish there, and they are quite good smoked (buffalo are better), but. . . Well I shouldn't speak about stuff I know nothing about. There are probably cultural issues at play also.
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Pappy~ do you put the TB3 on the outside also or only on between the wood and skin? Do you thin it?
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Turtle: Man those are some nice skins. I'm looking forward to your "prep-a-long".
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Me too Matt, when we going fishing >:D
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"carp skin prep along." That would be great!!
I'd like to try some local fish, maybe Red Rockfish or Blue Bass? I just don't know how to take care of the skins.... Those Carp skins are beautiful!!
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I will try and be as detailed as possible with good pics to show everything from start to finish. Thanks for all the comments. Now if luck will only be on my side when I hit the river on my days off.
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Just between the wood and the skin. :)
Pappy
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Nice looking Skins Man!!!
I have some Flounder Rawhide all dried awaiting the proper application!!!
Halibut would be better than Flounder me thinks.
-gus
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I've killed many a flounder...but never got any rawhide from them. How are you processing them?
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HoBow,
Just filleted the flounder in fours with the skin on.
Then flipped the fillets off the skin, for the grill... :)
Next scrapped the flesh side of the four pieces of skin with a large flint shard and tacked them down on a bit of plywood.
Hung the board under the eves of our patio cover for a few days until dry, the humidity has been really low lately.
They dried nice and crisp with little or no smell an just a bit of oil in a spot or two.
Should be ready to go when an opportunity presents itself.
Regards,
-gus
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Headin' out later this morning for an all day carp expedition to gather some up for the prep-along. The temps are suppose to be around 70 here, but never tried for carp this late in the year. Wish me luck!!!!!
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Hope you Catch a Bunch!
-gus