Re: Suggestions?
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Size matters Mike.
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Re: Suggestions?
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I hope Boco doesn't read this LOL
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Re: Suggestions?
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Loving this post. Has inspired me to put up a case skinned beaver and one split up the back. One question though.... What board to put up the cased one on? Size will dictate somewhat any suggestions?
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Re: Suggestions?
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My buddy did the ironing board thing. Used It as a pattern to make more forms. I think he had 26 cased beaver he bought green form some one In Mn. I wouldn't do to many that way since i don't know if It will meet industry standards if you plan on selling them. He Is getting them tanned and using them for his own personal use.
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Re: Suggestions?
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Sounds good thanks mason and beav I just happen to have one of those old ironing board in the barn. I'll make one board using it as a pattern and give it a try. I'll try tanning it myself. Be a little unique and who knows, may be a head of the curve doin it someday
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Re: Suggestions?
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Some of the nicest fur on a beaver Is that belly fur. The thing Is It doesn't need plucking or shearing and that makes It more economical to use. And by splitting the beaver down the back you don't have to sew that belly fur back together to make a larger piece. But I guess It just depends on how your going to use that fur.
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Re: Suggestions?
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Mendota did you catch any eyes?
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Re: Suggestions?
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Yea beav,I read it. I will continue to agree with the beaver graders at FHA. Do not overstretch your beaver for size unless they are bad damaged. HVY and SEMI grade in one smaller size will get you a lot better avg than one larger size with a LT grade. Overstretching thins the fur in the exact place the grader weighs the underfur with his hand-the back of the neck.
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Re: Suggestions?
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Well Boco your saying the change In color on the edges of the hide Is caused by over stretching right. So If a beaver Is split up the back Instead of the belly and stretched that way why would that same color change be apparent when stretched that way. We did we did some that way and the color change was the same. It's even the same when a beaver Is put up cased. When you frost scrap does the whole beaver hide change to a lighter color?
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Re: Suggestions?
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Boco you haven't addressed the frost scraping question.
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Re: Suggestions?
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Sorry,I missed it. No frost scraping a hide does not cause it to turn white. If you frost dry it it will turn white from the ice crystals expanding between the individual skin fibres,then evaporating.This will happen over the entire skin.It is totally different than stress points turning white from overstretching. It takes very specific climatic conditions which are only found in the far north to properly frost dry skins. That is why we dont frost dry our frost scraped skins here.
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