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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Zuma on January 30, 2014, 09:55:08 pm

Title: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Zuma on January 30, 2014, 09:55:08 pm

Forrest Gump said "Life is like a Box of Chocolate's"
He was a shrimper and a runner. Not a trapper or hunter.
In the exact environment of Forrest's shrimp experience I did this today.
LOL

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Zuma on January 30, 2014, 09:58:31 pm

It took 68 years for a Jersey boy to skin and flesh a Nutria.

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Zuma on January 30, 2014, 10:00:41 pm

This jasper scraper I made worked best.
Zuma

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Danzn Bar on January 30, 2014, 10:25:21 pm

Look'n good....
DBar

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Zuma on January 30, 2014, 10:34:56 pm

Thanks DBar,
Nowhere as bad as I thought it might be. Actually my hands have healed a bit from the recent chapping!
I used some NC rhyolite as well. Flakes, nothing fancy.
Zuma

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Zuma on January 30, 2014, 10:37:12 pm

Some close ups

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Zuma on January 30, 2014, 11:06:31 pm

The natural edge of the jasper in the last photo worked best.
I resharpened the rhyolite.

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Zuma on January 31, 2014, 12:30:17 am

OMG!
I ate beans last night. I smell like a nutria!

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Zuma on January 31, 2014, 12:33:02 am

Well I am off to Justin Wilsons kitchen to fillet a snapper.

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Pappy on January 31, 2014, 06:16:20 am

Looks like you done a good job on that one, I find fleshing a hide a lot like chasing a growth ring,once you hit the right spot it will come off in a sheet. :) Never tried it with stone,tough enough with steel. ;) Nice work. :)
  Pappy

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Outbackbob48 on January 31, 2014, 09:06:49 am

Zuma, looks pretty good, Next fall if you need something to do, I could use ya in the fur shed, pay is poor but the benfits are good , all the coon farts that you can carry :o Bob

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Zuma on January 31, 2014, 10:44:54 am

Quote from: Pappy on January 31, 2014, 06:16:20 am

Looks like you done a good job on that one, I find fleshing a hide a lot like chasing a growth ring,once you hit the right spot it will come off in a sheet. :) Never tried it with stone,tough enough with steel. ;) Nice work. :)
  Pappy

Thanks
How right you are. I think that shows well in one of the pics. took a bit to get the hang of it.
The jasper scraper I used had a little can opener like protrusion and worked well to start the separation.
The areas full of duck shot were the worst. Many bee bee still in the fur.

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Zuma on January 31, 2014, 10:48:01 am

Quote from: Outbackbob48 on January 31, 2014, 09:06:49 am

Zuma, looks pretty good, Next fall if you need something to do, I could use ya in the fur shed, pay is poor but the benfits are good , all the coon farts that you can carry :o Bob

LOL, I know gutting a rabbit will do it to ya too.
I'll bring some balloons for the farts.

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Trapper Rob on January 31, 2014, 08:43:34 pm

Looks like you did a good job on it.

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: ohma2 on February 06, 2014, 11:36:11 am

ive got a hide off a70# beaver that came off the river,think i will use the fleshing blade on it.but the stones did a fine job for sure.

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Ed Brooks on February 06, 2014, 12:23:58 pm

Looks good. how plan on tanning? I have been working with mayo for tanning, seems to be working pretty good. Ed

Title: Re: First Time Hide Fleshing
Post by: Zuma on February 06, 2014, 01:13:33 pm

Thanks Rob,

Ohma2, Doing the on this thin skinned nutria was pretty easy.
Now a 70 lb beaver is another story. You could always try the rocks. Whats to lose?

Ed, I have the hide in a plastic bag still on the stretcher board covered with Oxyodol laundry soap.
Recommended by a local fellow.

I was actually thinking about a quiver.So shaping and preserving would be more important than softness.
Any ideas along this line are eagerly sought.
Thanks Zuma