8/27/2023 0 Comments All about tanning rabbit hides(Sorry, it’s an old butchers saying.) Now, throw it over a very smooth log or tack it out flat on a piece of plywood (see photo). To simplify your first project, slice the hide open all the way up the belly to the hair of the chinny-chin-chin. Also very warm as socks though usually the fur is short lived. They’re great for bags and pouches to flip over a belt. Pelts taken off in this manner are referred to as cased. Cut through the cartilage beneath the nose and ears. It will sometimes want to pull off with the pelt. Always leave as much of the fat and meat on the carcass as possible. However, if the carcass is cold, this stuff acts like rubber cement and must be cut carefully, particularly at the head, neck and tail. If the raccoon is a fairly fresh kill and still warm, the membrane and pelt will pull away easily. Only use your knife if absolutely necessary. Using the knife gently, begin pulling the pelt up away from the leg and cut the film or membrane that holds the skin to the meat.Īs much as possible pull the pelt off the carcass. Next cut the tail on the underside from the vent to it’s tip. With knife or sharp stone in hand make an incision from the hock to the vent (see diagram 1). To remove the pelt from the body or carcass, tie both back legs to a tree limb about head high. The process is an easy one and will start you on the way to using all of the animal when you take it’s life. But whether from the trap or the road, each animal comes with a complete tanning package - no chemicals are needed. It was a large, fluffy road kill raccoon I named Ricky. My hat is made from the first pelt I ever tanned. Nonetheless, a pair of rubber gloves are recommended when handling these critters from the wild. You could try it anyway and maybe experiment a little.Many of these pelts are in perfect condition. Asįor squirrels, I haven't done any but the recipe was a general The above recipe worked well with all different ages of rabbits. What age is best? is there a breed that is better than others for I read somewhere that the older animals skin would hold up better. Here is a link I found before.I have not tried this yet.Ī question i have is does it matter the age of the rabbit? i thought You can then sew some really nice things with them.Its I have used this method on and off for 20+ years The stiff, brown hide will turn whiteĪnd soft. Break it gently, pulling and stretching smallĪreas in different directions. It in the clothes dryer on tumble ( NO heat ). Run it through a final wash-rinse-squeeze process. After fleshing wash and rinseĪgain and return to the tanning vat for another week or longer. More skins take longer, as doīigger skins than rabbit.It says the pelts can stay in the solutionįor up to a year ( I never did this so can't say). A small hide in full-strength solution at 70 degrees Swish it around with a wooden stick and weight it down to keep itįrom floating. In warm water and detergent and squeeze out the excess water. Rinse the skins in cold water to remove any blood, then wash Tip the container and let the acid dribble down the side into The skins in the solution( scrubbed brick etc ). Water, 3-5 galplastic bucket or non-metal container,a weight to hold The Homesteaders Handbook to Raising Small Livestock". Does anyone remember this letter? Thank you for such a wonderful magazine. I'll be buthering off and on and this would make things simpler as I'd rather not compost the hides but use them. I read somewhere in a back article about a person who tanned their rabbit hides by soaking them in a bucket of what I think was sulfuric (battery) acid, rinsed them out, and ran them through the washer. Tanning rabbit hides (Tanning) Tanning rabbit hides (Tanning) : LUSENET : Countryside : One Thread
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