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Scrapping beavers #8364975
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Some beaver Im struggling scrapping. Generally the larger the harder they are for me. Medium and small I can plow thru very easier. But a lot of the larger beaver are very difficult. Anyone got any good tips? I use a nickler

Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8365228
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Your sharp side has to be razor sharp. And you don't really push with it. I make more of a side to side slice. Once you get the hang of it it's easy. Beaver hide is thick and one of the more forgiving one to learn to use the sharp side of your knife with.
Plenty of utube videos available. But as usual you have to watch quite a few to get the idea. There's always a few yo-yos that make horrible videos that shouldn't be handing out bad advice. . Coon Creek outdoors puts out good ones.


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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8365368
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I try to skin as clean as possible on the bigger beavers (and otter). The younger ones just aren't toughened up and fat yet so they're easier to work on, you aren't doing anything wrong that's just how they are. Scoring a checkerboard type pattern in the fat can help it come off easier, just make sure you're not cutting into the hide when you score it

Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8365421
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Clean skin and a light going over with a paint scraper once boarded. Piece of cake.


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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8365426
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I use my sharp side straight down the middle of the back and out towards the edge to where the fat starts to show up. Then I push the sides.

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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8366047
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Gotta love a good struggle, some of those big old scared up beaver are tough. You gotta be tougher. Lol

Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8366064
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Alot of elbow grease.The only way as the bigger beaver are way tougher skinned.


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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: backroadsarcher] #8366154
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Originally Posted by backroadsarcher
I use my sharp side straight down the middle of the back and out towards the edge to where the fat starts to show up. Then I push the sides.


If I am not clean skinning, this is how I flesh. Needs to be sharp.


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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8366477
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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8367034
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Forgive me for asking. But what is clean skin?

Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8367102
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Skinning and leaving all the fat and flesh on the carcass so there’s just a bit of clean up once you’re boarding it. A good sharp knife and technique is required. Here’s a vid from a convention.


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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8367245
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Somewhere out there in YOUTUBE land is a video of me clean-skinning a beaver in a demo at K Falls, OTC sale from back in 2012 or 13. A gal from the Portland area made the video with my permission and set it with music from Crocodile Dundee. LOL

Advantages of clean skinning include leaving all the meat and fat on the beaver and the ability to shave down heavy leather areas like shoulders and tail while skinning. Clean skinning an adult size beaver takes around 15-18 minutes for most of us that have done it for a while.

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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8367250
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BTW, with the extra "p" in "scraping" on the headline to this thread I assumed it was about just discarding the beavers because of low prices.

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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8367300
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Wow! I think I give it a try. Hopefully don’t put a hole in it. lol.

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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8367340
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Originally Posted by plainstrapping25
Wow! I think I give it a try. Hopefully don’t put a hole in it. lol.


The good thing about learning to clean skin in today's felt market is .....they don't dock you for a hole.


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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8367349
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I just watched that video for the first time in years. I do things a little differently these days. For one, go to knife is now a 5" Caribou. Second, I don't try to keep the liquid castor in the pods, so there is no tying off with hemp string. That video was shot 15 years ago when I was 52 years old. Wish I still had the energy now I did then! LOL


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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: plainstrapping25] #8367379
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You're pretty slick BP!!!!


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Re: Scrapping beavers [Re: beaverpeeler] #8367403
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Originally Posted by beaverpeeler
Originally Posted by plainstrapping25
Wow! I think I give it a try. Hopefully don’t put a hole in it. lol.


The good thing about learning to clean skin in today's felt market is .....they don't dock you for a hole.

Well that’s good. lol. Even for the ones I did that where not cleaned skinned

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