In about ten minuets I'll have a few rabbit skins if they are of any use to anyone?
Let me know ASAP as they'll be in the bin to avoid blow fly.
John
Let me know ASAP as they'll be in the bin to avoid blow fly.
John
Rabbit skin
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Butchd said:
No they wern't really.
I gave up tanning rabbit skins after my second fur throw.
Great for the winter, when snuggling next to the fire but visitors seemed not to understand.
John
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bushyboo said:
Rabbit skins are real easy. They are small, easy to manipulate and quick to dry.
Try a deer skin
Fox is VERY hard, due to the skins being so thin.
John
torjusg said:
After twenty odd years of skinning rabbits, I probably didn't skin-um properly, luck they went in the bin, thanks for the tip. :theyareon
John
8thsinner said:
Sorry 8th the skins really did go in the bin. I will have loads of skins over the next few weeks, so you would be more than welcome to have a couple. I don't want anything in return but it would be nice if you covered the cost of postage.
To keep the furs in tip top shape in this weather (very warm here), I'll need to wash and salt them ASAP, a night in the bin isn't going to help matters.
What are your plans for the skins? (BTW PM me with your details so I have a reminder and can get in touch).
John
My first courrans (soft lace on shoes) were made from rabbit skin with the fur inside......they were, and I quote my infant self, "Wuffly" I distinctly remember wriggling my toes in the soft fur, my dad had left them with high tops so they wrapped around my ankles.......cosy
cheers,
Toddy
cheers,
Toddy
Hunter_zero said:
Hey, don't forget me either here!
I'll be more than happy to pay the postage for lets say: 10 skins.
torjusg said:
The skins would be on a first come bases, 8th will have what I shoot on my next trip. If you PM me, you can have what I shoot on my next trip BUT that might be one or two or three skins. I'm not really interested in filling my freezer with skins, so you would have to have what ever I shot.
John
Ever wish you hadn't started something C'mon Hunter Zero the least you can do is remove, deflesh, dry, scrape and tan these skins they are for free after all 
C'mon Hunter Zero the least you can do is remove, deflesh, dry, scrape and tan these skins they are for free after all
Silverback said:Ever wish you hadn't started something
Well, I'd be willing to pay for them, and no scraping would be needed, only drying so the wouldn't start smelling in the mail.
lol, well I would be intersted in skins that I could use without further ado (only because of the postage and because I think my wife would have fits), and I'd be prepared to pay for the work and postage involved. Not necessarily our friend Hunter here since he's obviously innundated
Silverback said:Ever wish you hadn't started something
John
Butchd said:lol, well I would be intersted in skins that I could use without further ado (only because of the postage and because I think my wife would have fits), and I'd be prepared to pay for the work and postage involved. Not necessarily our friend Hunter here since he's obviously innundated
Problem I have is time. My work takes up a whole lot of my time, then me family and then shooting.
I get very little time to do the things I need to do, as such I have very little will to commit to anything other than necessities and shooting
On the other hand, I do get a surplus of things that I haven't the time to mess with, so I'm sorry to say they get binned.
But I am MORE than happy to give these things away, to people who do have the time to use them.
I have always been used to having all the time in the world but with my current job position, I haven't even got the time to stalk deer (went stalking once last year). During the summer months, I control buck rabbits and fryers on barley fields for a few friends. It's the sort of shooting, I can do after work, after tea and after the dogs have been walked.
This is the reason, I can not commit to any specific numbers of skins, nor do I intend to cure / tan the skins. Later in the year I'll have fox skins and deer skins (time on my side) again, anyone is welcome to them but there are no guarantees, no promises it all depends on time.
John
Thats fair enough John and I wasn't intending to impose on your limited time. Deer I might well be interested in later in the year depending on how things go, but again I don't have the possibility of tanning so perhaps I can find someone more local.
Thanks again for making the offer even if I couldn't take you up on it.
Thanks again for making the offer even if I couldn't take you up on it.
Butchd said:
Out of interest I found a great set of instructions on how to tan rabbit skins. I've not used this method before but it looks good:
http://islandgems.net/tanning.html
John
