Castration Bands On Beaver Leg Holes.
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Anyone using them out there? When you put the band on the leg to close the leg hole, can you tell me about cutting excess leg off?
Do you cut the excess off right up close to the band right after you put it on? Do you wait till the pelt dries out and then cut the band and excess leg off right where the band squeezed the hole closed? Cut close to the band and leave it on the pelt? Some other procedure?
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Re: Castration Bands On Beaver Leg Holes.
[Re: Mac McAtee]
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I trim the legholes after scraping the liquid grease out of the pelt,then put one nail in the front legs and two in the back.Quick and easy and looks neat if you push the fur thru to the fur side when nailing.
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Re: Castration Bands On Beaver Leg Holes.
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Anyone using them out there? When you put the band on the leg to close the leg hole, can you tell me about cutting excess leg off?
Do you cut the excess off right up close to the band right after you put it on? Do you wait till the pelt dries out and then cut the band and excess leg off right where the band squeezed the hole closed? Cut close to the band and leave it on the pelt? Some other procedure?
I use them and use a set of endcutters to clip the band and excess fur off after dry.
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Re: Castration Bands On Beaver Leg Holes.
[Re: Boco]
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I trim the legholes after scraping the liquid grease out of the pelt,then put one nail in the front legs and two in the back.Quick and easy and looks neat if you push the fur thru to the fur side when nailing. Do you overlap the skin
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Re: Castration Bands On Beaver Leg Holes.
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Let it dry 50-75% of the way and cut the band and extra hide off. X2 here I use a older Klein wire cutter. Dryer the pelt the harder it is to cut. Cutter is rounded blades on it.
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Re: Castration Bands On Beaver Leg Holes.
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I trim the legholes after scraping the liquid grease out of the pelt,then put one nail in the front legs and two in the back.Quick and easy and looks neat if you push the fur thru to the fur side when nailing. Do you overlap the skin Just enough for the nail to catch both edges.
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Re: Castration Bands On Beaver Leg Holes.
[Re: Boco]
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Boco's pictures are so nice to look at.
One thing someone showed me once was to make the little overlap part so you're combing "down" from the head. So look at the head, then "tuck" the skin so later (when you take it off the board) you'll be combing downward nicely, instead of running into the flap.
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Re: Castration Bands On Beaver Leg Holes.
[Re: Mac McAtee]
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I use 2 per leg then once dried I cut between the 2 bands.
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Re: Castration Bands On Beaver Leg Holes.
[Re: Mac McAtee]
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Do the bands increase the price of the beaver hide? I do It like Boco. Is there actually a reason to close the leg holes other then looks?
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Re: Castration Bands On Beaver Leg Holes.
[Re: nyhuntfish]
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Boco's pictures are so nice to look at.
One thing someone showed me once was to make the little overlap part so you're combing "down" from the head. So look at the head, then "tuck" the skin so later (when you take it off the board) you'll be combing downward nicely, instead of running into the flap. Those in the pic are frostscraped,why they are so clean.
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