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Title: snake skins
Post by: Robert Honaker on May 29, 2008, 09:29:00 PM
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
Title: Re: snake skins
Post by: fatman on May 29, 2008, 09:47:00 PM
there's a thread in the "How-To" section, the whole process is explained...
Title: Re: snake skins
Post by: Robert Honaker on May 29, 2008, 10:23:00 PM
Sorry, I didn't think to look there.
Title: Re: snake skins
Post by: Robert Honaker on May 29, 2008, 10:30:00 PM
I read the tutorial and still don't know how to prepare the skin.
Any help?
Title: Re: snake skins
Post by: Dano on May 29, 2008, 10:47:00 PM
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.
Title: Re: snake skins
Post by: Eric Krewson on May 30, 2008, 08:21:00 AM
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.
Title: Re: snake skins
Post by: Adam Keiper on May 30, 2008, 06:31:00 PM
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: