How do you back a bow with snake skin?
Do you salt it then glue it?
What kind of glue do you use?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
there's a thread in the "How-To" section, the whole process is explained...
Sorry, I didn't think to look there.
I read the tutorial and still don't know how to prepare the skin.
Any help?
Dring the skin is the easiest part. Just staple or tack the skin to a board and let it dry for a day, trim off the belly skin, roll it up and store it in a ziplock bag.
Sorry I forgot, no salt, nothing, no need to tan the skin.
After you tack the skin down you will need to flesh it while it is still wet. On smaller snakes like copperheads fleshing is not necessary but a big rattler will have a good bit of flesh on the sides but not the back.
Use a teaspoon to scrape the flesh off until you see nothing but white skin.
Skin, staple, flesh, and dry as above. And try to freak out when an hours-old dead snake tries to coil itself around your arm as you begin to skin it. :scared: