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Post by white316 on Jun 8, 2010 23:58:01 GMT -5
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Post by catmando1 on Jun 11, 2010 22:33:15 GMT -5
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Post by robocop on Jun 12, 2010 15:10:15 GMT -5
Do you have a trick to making them coon look so white.
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Post by nightrider on Jun 12, 2010 17:11:07 GMT -5
I'd like to no how you get the tails so clean.
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Post by catmando1 on Jun 12, 2010 22:23:15 GMT -5
Hey guys! I took a little extra time on the head area, but other then that it is just fleshed as normal. I don't do the heads as often as I use to, NAFA says you don't have to. A lot depends on the paticular pelt. I can't get every coon to look like the one I am holding. The pinning job yes, and getting all the gristle and fat off yes, but it is not up to me on how the leather actually looks. This is just a good prime late winter coon with no blemishes. I flesh down to the point that you can start to see little demples, much like the hair demples on the outside of the back of your hand, the one's straight below your pinky finger. No deeper though as you will start pulling hair through or you will expose the hair roots. Just till you start to see some dimpling. Like everyone else, I have to cut of the gristle off on the neck area, and at the base of the tail and on down the tail a little, you just can't push it off. A good sharp fleshing knife and practise is all it takes. I use a "necker 600" as it has both a sharp cutting edge, and a dull pushing edge. It takes me an average of 12 minutes to flesh a coon. Some animals are just naturally easier to do then others, just like the quality varies animal to animal. I do everything i can to preserve the leather quality. Blood stains, holes, snare marks, conibear marks, bullet holes, all take away from the look of a pelt and the leather. So I avoid all these things as much as possible to begin with. The rest is simply up to nature not me!
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Post by white316 on Jun 13, 2010 19:09:13 GMT -5
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Post by white316 on Jun 13, 2010 19:35:01 GMT -5
Hey guys! I took a little extra time on the head area, but other then that it is just fleshed as normal. I don't do the heads as often as I use to, NAFA says you don't have to. A lot depends on the paticular pelt. I can't get every coon to look like the one I am holding. The pinning job yes, and getting all the gristle and fat off yes, but it is not up to me on how the leather actually looks. This is just a good prime late winter coon with no blemishes. I flesh down to the point that you can start to see little demples, much like the hair demples on the outside of the back of your hand, the one's straight below your pinky finger. No deeper though as you will start pulling hair through or you will expose the hair roots. Just till you start to see some dimpling. Like everyone else, I have to cut of the gristle off on the neck area, and at the base of the tail and on down the tail a little, you just can't push it off. A good sharp fleshing knife and practise is all it takes. I use a "necker 600" as it has both a sharp cutting edge, and a dull pushing edge. It takes me an average of 12 minutes to flesh a coon. Some animals are just naturally easier to do then others, just like the quality varies animal to animal. I do everything i can to preserve the leather quality. Blood stains, holes, snare marks, conibear marks, bullet holes, all take away from the look of a pelt and the leather. So I avoid all these things as much as possible to begin with. The rest is simply up to nature not me! You do a great job on your coons,I have did many to over the years, |
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