I have just hunted a couple of coons, skinned them, stretched them and salted them. I'm planning on turning them into coonskin caps. How long before I can
move on to the next step, and what is it? I don't know what to do between salting and cutting out the patterns. This seems to be a great community, and i
was hoping you guys could help me...I'm very anxious to get started.
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Coon Skin Caps...Somebody Please Help!
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Posts: 8 (11/19/08 8:10 PM) |
i'm sure there is many other ways to do it but i'll tell you how i did a coyote that i made a hat from.
after skinning and fleshing i mixed up 1 pound of alum to 2 pounds of salt and mixed with about 5 gallons of water in a plastic bucket. i threw the hide in the bucket and stirred it around every time i thought about it for about 7 days. hung it over a tree limb over night with the hair side up. next afternoon i pulled it across my softening cabel till dry and soft. fold it into a tube and smoke it for a few minuets, then i made a hat. to check and make sure its tanned all the way through cut a small slit at the thickest part of the hide and see if its white in color all the way through the skin. i hope this helps
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Posts: 1575 (11/24/08 6:57 AM) Administrator |
Dan,
I haven't done many pelts, but there are two articles on this site I would reference you to: http://www.braintan.com/articles/index.htm Also look back through the topics using the search option. Paullette did a black coon recently that turned out real nice. -Devin |
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Posts: 2 (11/25/08 1:05 PM) |
Thank you for the advice... i'm a first-timer, so any info is greatly appreciated.
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Dan
Did you get anywhere with your coonskin caps? What are you going to use for patterns? Pat |
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