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How skin coon square #6473239
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I see back in the day some coons were skinned square. Would like to know how it was done. Like to tan one that way.

Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473287
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Skin it cased like normal,then split it straight up the middle of the belly,cut straight out from the front leg holes and tack it out.
I block tanned coon the same way. [Linked Image]


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Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473293
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That's pretty cool, I like that! Might have to try that!


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Re: How skin coon square [Re: Boco] #6473297
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Originally Posted by Boco
Skin it cased like normal,then split it straight up the middle of the belly,cut straight out from the front leg holes and tack it out.
I block tanned coon the same way. [Linked Image]

very nicely done! I like your reference lines on the board.


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Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473348
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I’m not sure I own enough pins.....

Boco, what’s the stamp on the leather above the tail?

Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473368
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Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473378
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Boco - that Raccoon is open but I certainly wouldn't call it square.

Back in the 70s, there was a trapper in western Washington who put Raccoon up,open AND they were square. Perfect 90 degree corners. Now that is square!!


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Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473380
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I suppose you can make them any shape you want once they are opened up.
The stamp is from the dressers.
You need a lot of staples\pins when blocking tanned fur to get rid of any puckers that would have to be cut out and sewn otherwise.
I wouldn't use pins at all on an open boarded raw skin like a coon as they would likely pull out.I would nail it like a beaver with nails about 1-2 inches apart.
Bears are done open also,so do a raw coon the same as a bear. [Linked Image]

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Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473591
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To help get a little more squared off, I cut along the front of the front legs instead of coming straight in to the middle of the chest. I do my deer hide the same way for braintanning and the result is the small flap of skin between the front leg and the neck is moved down under the arm and fills in that gap. [Linked Image]


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Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473598
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[Linked Image]
The perimeter of the coon has no useable fur,those flaps are discarded after patterning.
No need to do anything with them when blocking.They do serve to move puckers to the perimeter of the skin and have more useable good skin that is uniform for patterning.
Guys that cut too big a window are limiting good useable fur in the lower flanks.

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Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473600
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Here's an image of a buckskin I did years ago following the cuts I mentioned.
[Linked Image]


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Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473609
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Hey Boco, I completely understand what you're saying, I know it doesn't matter for your blocking of the hides to use in garment making. I was simply making the suggestion for the OP to offer suggestions on what they could do with theirs based on their initial inquiry.

Is that pattern layed out for a coonskin hat?


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Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473613
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Yes it is wambli.
I have seen old pictures of the square coon pelts.maybe they left legholes on the front like a beaver.


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Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473673
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My grandfather used to put them up square. Don't remember how he opened them up, but they were square.
I found a pic on a book in the trap shed. I hope Nittany don't mind.
[Linked Image]
I know it's not a great pic, but this is what my grandfather's looked like
I know he didn't case skin them

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Thank you all for replying and Boco thank you for sharing the pictures every nice thank you

Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473757
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I hope that Don Wolfe sees this post. I think he knows how to do the square stretch. When I was a kid, coon were sold any of 3 ways,,,, cased, open like Boco showed and the really good ones were put up square. We sold all ours skinned open and nailed out on the side of the barn. I never could quite figure out how to do the square stretch. I would like to have one or two tanned in that square shape.

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The pics I seen had the nose split up between the eyes so the top would stretch straighter and not pointy.


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Re: How skin coon square [Re: Boco] #6473779
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Wow that brings back some old memories. In 1964 and 65 I skinned about 15-20 coons friends shot hunting and did them open and fleshed them very poorly with a paint scraper and then froze them in burlap bags in a snow bank. They went with some bounty fox trappers to a fur buyer and I got 75 cents each for those. They were not even close to how well done those are. I wish I would have just froze them skinned and saved a lot of work and still have a poor job done.

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Re: How skin coon square [Re: chico] #6473780
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I just got an idea for my plain looking, blocky gun safe.
How about completely covering it up with square stretched coon pelts? You could have the tails hang down over the pelts below.

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How about a parka made of those.Tails et al.


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