Alternates to using a cable for buck skin working

[Man of Tanith]

Another question
I have a mostly completed buck skin. Its been smoked etc but there are some parts that arent as soft as i want.
I know how to go about resolving this but havent got a piece of cable suitable for softening the buckskin once ive done what i know needs doing.
I really dont want to hand soften it as its a large hide.
What do folk use instead of cable?

 

[Mesquite]

What sort of cable do you need to use?

 

[Man of Tanith]

Its early i cant remember that im only on my 3rd coffee
It was reasonbly thick stuff as i recollect

 

[Buckshot]

I think the cable is something like 6 or even 10 mm, maybe more
Another option is a 2 -3 inch post driven into the ground with a flat screw driver type end that you rag the hide over.

 

[forestwalker]

Or you can get a curved stick, carve "gentle" teeth on the inside, and attach it to a wall or tie it to a tree. That was used for softening the traditional moose suede pants used up here a couple of hundred years ago.