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Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: B.EVANS] #1404095
07/04/09 09:52 PM
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i was in the fur house when all or at least most of the beaver came threw the grading and the graders where acting cocky and they said they could tell where the beaver came from by just looking how it was put up. and they where very good.. i would say 80% right.
they told me they want wood.. not that wood is any better then a hoop. but it is easier to do it right on wood.. not saying you cant do it on a hoop. but when you have to work harder to get the same thing you slip up and you dont end up with the same thing.
but if your getting a good price for your hoop beaver just think maybe you can get more for a wood beaver??
i think lots of it has to do with the graders.. they know that most of the top lot fur comes from up north. and most of the northern guys use wood for that nice uniform shape... so if you have a southern beaver i would think you would want to do anything you could just to get yours to look like ours.


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Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: B.EVANS] #1404096
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and about "you cant over stretch a beaver"?? in two weeks the guy who grades your beaver will be putting on a small show in my town here.. i will take pics of how he wants your beaver.. and trust me.. you dont want to be pulling like a mad man on the pelt...


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Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: countrysmith] #1404141
07/04/09 11:40 PM
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I've been told by NAFA you can't overstretch a beaver. Next time you pull a beaver really tight, check the middle of the pelt where the grader is paying the most attention. The middle never does get drum tight, and not as tight as most of the other types of pelts. In my own experience it's been proven to me that stretching beaver to the next size when possible definitely brings me more money. No one will ever convince me otherwise. I've seen pelts of guys who don't stretch their beaver tight and some are a wrinkled up mess after they've been off the boards for a while.


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Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: goldy] #1404150
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I have seen beaver over stretched and the fur is very thin on the back and if the pelt is wrinkled it was took off board to early or put up wrong.

Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: B.EVANS] #1404187
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my understanding is.... if it is almost a size 5 but not quite a size 5 then you can stretch it to a size 5. but dont be getting the quad winch out and go for a size 6 or 7... but thats what i was told and the way i do it


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Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: countrysmith] #1404573
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countrysmith - I think you are a little confused on your beaver sizes.

A 5 is bigger than a 6. If you were to try and make a size 5 beaver into a size 6 beaver - you would have to UNDER stretch it.

7 = kitt
6 = small
5 = medium
4 = large medium
3 = large
2 = extra large
1 = XXL = blanket
0 = XXXL = super blanket


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Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: wissmiss] #1404583
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This is some great stuff on here. It might help out some poor ol sap that comes through with questions like mine. Anybody else wanna share there opinions on the subject?

Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: B.EVANS] #1404599
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Originally Posted By: B.EVANS
I have seen beaver over stretched and the fur is very thin on the back and if the pelt is wrinkled it was took off board to early or put up wrong.
Under-stretched beaver will wrinkle the same way that under-dry beaver will. I've stretched my beaver to the max for years (but only when I've had to to get into the next possible size) and I, the local fur buyers, and apparently NAFA have never seen the leather or fur get weakened by tight stretching. My grades have always been very good, when they haven't had bites. Like I posted above, the middle half of the beaver never get's very tight anyway, it's mostly the outside edge. I think if the fur was very thin on the back it was that way before they were ever stretched. But I also have no experience with southern beaver. Maybe they are different.

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Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: goldy] #1404676
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wissmiss i think you knew what i meant.. always has to be a wise one in the bunch


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Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: countrysmith] #1404683
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I've stretched my beaver to the max for years (but only when I've had to to get into the next possible size) and I, the local fur buyers, and apparently NAFA have never seen the leather or fur get weakened by tight stretching. My grades have always been very good, when they haven't had bites. Like I posted above, the middle half of the beaver never get's very tight anyway, it's mostly the outside edge. I think if the fur was very thin on the back it was that way before they were ever stretched. But I also have no experience with southern beaver. Maybe they are different.


Trying to compare northern beaver with southern beaver Goldy, lol. Our's have thinner leather than your's for obvious reason's so over stretching them does make them thin. As was said on hoops i like for mine to have some slack in them as they will be tight as banjo strings on them once they have dried out, won't be any 'crinkling' in them.


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Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: Jtrapper] #1404691
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I wasn't trying to be a wise guy. Just trying to clarify what I thought was a problem.

Sorry if I offended you.


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Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: wissmiss] #1404695
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Called Fur Harvesters, My beaver pattern is on the way. Looks like its wood for me now.

Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: Jtrapper] #1404699
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Back when I was putting up beavers, I used wood. I liked it because that's what I was taught to use. I don't recall overstretching any of my beavers. There's a size they need to be, and that's where I stretched them at. It's a feel thing, I reckon.

We have some nice beavers down here. I've gotten top lot awards for my beavers back when I was sending to NAFA. Even got a top lot award for a western pale beaver - lol.



Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: Paul Dobbins] #1404704
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I was wonderin when you would chime in on the subject boss.

Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: ] #1404768
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Paul, I got a top lot for a western beaver this year. I guess he came from the western part of my county, or one of the ones I caught when I went two counties west of here in the delta....LOL

I put mine on wood, and I like to staple them down. The downside is that now it's started costing me about thirty-five to forty cents per beaver for staples.

Jackie. We know you don't stretch beaver anymore. U 2 lazy! LOL

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Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: Marty Harmon] #1404774
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Paul I think you should archive this.... Lots of different opinions and a pretty good read.

Re: Southern Beaver (Wire or Wood) [Re: ] #1404852
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I go both ways i like the hoops better for the speed but the beaver i put up on wood seem to look better.

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