The skins were from Cipriano, how he does his exactly I am not sure. The main idea is that you just skin the snakes and lay them out to dry for a couple days. Make sure you tack them to a board or something of the sort to keep them lying flat. After they are dry you can glue them to your bow. Once your glue dries, then you remove the scales carefully and seal over the top of it all. Hope this helps. There are plenty of how to's on snake skins here also.