Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: backwoodsguy on June 11, 2020, 02:02:50 pm
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Twenty or thirty years ago my hobby was snakes, not primitive bows. Someone gave me a live python (like the ones now taking over the Everglades in Florida). As near as I can remember, it was around nine feet long and had become a real liability so I dispatched it instead of letting it loose to mess up the environment. I salted it down and put it in the refrigerator until today. I've made up a salt solution to rehydrate it, then plan on rinsing the salt out after it gets soft. The question is "will it still be usable as a backing for a bow?". Any ideas???
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Don't see why it wouldn't work. I guess you'll have to thaw it out and try it.
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I think you need to clean your fridge more often.
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Check the use by date on the snake:)
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You don't really say if it's just the skin or if the whole snake has been in there for twenty years ;D ;D
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it wont be a backing,, it will only serve as decoration,, you could put it over sinew or rawhide backing,, it should be enough for several bows,,
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I would thaw it out, remove the salt with repeated soaking and rinsing then evaluate what you have. It may be just fine if not too freezer burnt.
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Only 20 years! Shucks, I got a cow hide been in the freezer, at least 25 years! I hope to make rawhide with it after we get moved! Good luck with the snake skin!
Hawkdancer