Re: Beaver put up?
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03/18/24 06:37 AM
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Don't stack them until all the grease has been wiped off the hides, and then stack them hide to hide and fur to fur.
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Re: Beaver put up?
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03/18/24 06:48 AM
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If you have some spotty greasy spots around the edges some fine sawdust & a bristle brush will take of it
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Re: Beaver put up?
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03/18/24 10:52 AM
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I clean skin but when I board it I run over the pelt with a paint scraper and pull any little tidbits of fat off and pull out any liquid grease or blood on/in the leather. Also, something I learned to do a long time ago is after the first 8 nails I run the scraper along the rim of the pelt so I get any fat that is there. When I de-board them I do a quick wipe down with paper towels on the leather side to pick up any beads of grease that have appeared. Brush or comb the fur side then stack leather to leather. I never have any greasy beaver pelts.
One other mention, when clean skinning I am able to shave down some of the fatty areas of the pelt such as the shoulders and tail area. This removes potential grease sources.
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Re: Beaver put up?
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03/18/24 01:01 PM
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15 minutes in a real fur tumbler before fleshing makes a huge difference in the appearance of beaver. Would like to hear more about this. Why tumble before fleshing? What type of media?
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Re: Beaver put up?
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03/18/24 05:22 PM
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Probably overkill for the felt market, but there is some truth in that well presented fur always seems to command the best price.
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Re: Beaver put up?
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03/18/24 05:28 PM
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15 minutes in a real fur tumbler before fleshing makes a huge difference in the appearance of beaver. Would like to hear more about this. Why tumble before fleshing? What type of media? Following
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Re: Beaver put up?
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03/18/24 05:39 PM
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Scraping a bunch of beaver on a greasy old beam will get the fur greasy. Clean skinning leaves the fur grease free. To get the leather side grease free do like Beaverpeeler said
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Re: Beaver put up?
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03/18/24 06:39 PM
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Probably overkill for the felt market, but there is some truth in that well presented fur always seems to command the best price. Kinda hard to tell how heavy the under fur is when the guard hairs are is greasy.
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Re: Beaver put up?
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03/18/24 06:49 PM
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you don't clean your beam after fleshing each beaver? In fact I will take a rag and get a bit of grease on It and wipe down that fur to give It a bit of a shine.
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Re: Beaver put up?
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03/18/24 06:51 PM
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Probably overkill for the felt market, but there is some truth in that well presented fur always seems to command the best price. Probably, but true overkill is still laundering my coyote in that market, but I can't help myself. They just look so much better when done right.
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