Thank you all for all the kind remarks.. think the folks around me think I'm just halfbaked or something! Still haven't cut up those deerlegs I found the other day.. hope they're still good.. the hoofs can really 'dry out' on them and well hard telling what kind of condition they're in if they've been off the live deer for a while! I like to use the pressure washer on these 'after I skin them and holy!' I can really get myself all wet doing that.. but it works really super and well there's lots of membrane on legskins.. the skin is super thin but both the epidermis (the layer the hair goes through) and the membrane layers make up for what the skin's missing down there!
These are leg skins that will brain and soften quite well. it's always been a real challenge for me to soften these! LOL.. well I've gotten extremely anal getting these kinds of things real soft! It was the challenge that drove me to get them soft as I could.. WHY.. I really don't have a clue..
this one's had the little cartilage cut out..
these ones were just powerwashed but the last little joint before the dewclaw bone itself still still needs to be removed..