Goat Hide
A couple questions. How do you get the papery sound out of the hide and how do I get it to lay flat? I always end up with a bubble in it where the hips would have been. Do I get that "bubble" out by...
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Thanks for the pictures Quills. the tools I am using are similar to yours so that is good! I will make a frame re dampen it and start over!
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I am not yet curing hides, but I am reading all the articles and responses!
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ok I was going to add a picture of my new made stretcher but it looks like I have to up load to a site then back to here.... question, so I continually tighten my twins as the hide stretches as I am...
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YA!!!!! My first 100% succesful tan!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for the help!!!!!! Its so soft and supple!!!!!!!!!!!! NO...
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Your third picture down looks like ...there is a area of denser.... less soft leather in 2 bubbly areas....possibly across the shoulders of the hide? That could stand a little more work. I am assuming...
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Yes ugg over night those two spots you mentions got a little less soft but they are still ok. Not even close to my other hides. so I am counting it as a Win and I will see those spots better next...
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P.S my fish was a 18 lb, 41 inch behemoth. It broke two hooks off my trebble and drug us and our boat all over the place! LOL
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Musky?? or the other one I CRS the name of .I know it ...but crs...at the moment. See the frame in the picture of Mike working on a hide I posted?? He & I use Cement nail which have ridges on them...
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Ok I am going to read that over a million times until I can get a grasp of how you mean to tie! As for holes in the hide to thread through I have an antique leather punch which worked awesome! I will...
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you do a running stitch thru the hide to get the twine on the hide. then you hook it around the nails.cThen you add the keeper twine all the way around the frame...Can you see the keeper twine running...
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Super cool!!!!! I will do some changes to my stretcher!!!! Thanks for those pics!!!!!
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Look!!!! I ruined this beautiful hide!!!!!!!!!! ARG!!!!!!!! There was a injection site abscess, plus there was all kinds of bruising in the hide that showed up after relaxing. I didn't butcher this...
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Hi guys. Love this thread. Those frames look really smart. Not meaning to hijack the thread but I had a quick question. This process of stretching and scraping the goat hides between a frame. Are...
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Welcome paddymac.....Both processes pictures above in this thread are entirely different ....in most ways from what you are needing to do .For a drum you want the grain-layer....but the hair removed....
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Thanks Quills! That answers my question about the solution. The Liming is simple to dehair the beast, not cure it! ATEYO
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HPHORSES: At least the tear is near the edge. But it is sad to see. Too bad the goat had been inflicted with some sort of blunt trauma before its demise. I guess the skin was weakened before it even...
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Thanks for the answer Quills. That makes a lot of sense. And thanks for the link too. Would be great to live somewhere like the States where animal skins seem more available. Now to get my backside...
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hphorses: I would not use any metal tools or a stake on such a thin hide. I would use sandpaper or volcanic pumice only. I tan a lot of sheep hides and metal tools and stakes tend to bust through...
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