Hey BCUK peeps,
Begun tanning a few hides from the weekends wild camping and air rifle session today - 3 squirrels and a rabbit.
This is only my second bash, the first being a mole that the neighbours cat despatched a while back.
My hands are feeling it now, having used a fairly blunt old paring knife (so as to avoid tearing the skin) to scrape the flesh before salting and stretching the hides. Bloody hard work, so it got me to wondering what implement others use for the task. Also, I've seen a video online of someone using a quite large round pole to rest the pelt on while scraping. Does this help?
Anyway, I have a new found respect for the women in days of yore who would have spent a good portion of their days preparing the hides and making clothes - they must have been tough buggers! Lol
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Begun tanning a few hides from the weekends wild camping and air rifle session today - 3 squirrels and a rabbit.
This is only my second bash, the first being a mole that the neighbours cat despatched a while back.
My hands are feeling it now, having used a fairly blunt old paring knife (so as to avoid tearing the skin) to scrape the flesh before salting and stretching the hides. Bloody hard work, so it got me to wondering what implement others use for the task. Also, I've seen a video online of someone using a quite large round pole to rest the pelt on while scraping. Does this help?
Anyway, I have a new found respect for the women in days of yore who would have spent a good portion of their days preparing the hides and making clothes - they must have been tough buggers! Lol
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