I dying Rabbit hide (sorry Denise!)... one wine and one tan. The hides were white originally.
These will be used for fly tying! I'll get many dozens of flies out of these.
https://flic.kr/p/mGaF86
Vey cool Chris!! No reason to apologize, I use them myself in my art projects sometimes. The "Talking stick" I made for the MRT in 04' had a piece of a rabbit hide that I had since I was 9.
I will have me a full sized rabbit blanket someday. Will take about 50 bunnies though.
Not sure I will use this way but here is one way to make one.....
http://www.primitiveways.com/rabbit_skin_blanket.html
That would be an incredible blanket! Now you have me wanting one.
But ya, 50 pelts is a lot. They're not expensive. I can get them from fly shops for under $5 each, tanned and soft. I bet you could get em for about half that price in bulk.
Worth looking into! If you can find a good deal in the bulk, might just be interested in splitting a bulk batch with you.
Natural color would be best I think......mix of brown, grey and white.
$3.49 each is as low as I see first glance.... that's about $200 for 50.
That's too pricey for me so far but I might dig deeper.
http://www.black-bear-haversack.com/index.php/10-x-10-assorted-rabbit-skin-hide-fur-tanned-pelt.html
sounds to me like your in need of a group hunt and BBQ lol
With that many, there might even end up being some meat to BBQ.
That's actually a pretty good price! Chris, did we give you any feathers for fly tying yet? We have several saved from the chickens we use to have for fly tying. Some pretty elaborate ones too.
I can always use unique feathers.
Denise, you have enough bunnies "on the hoof" at your place now to make a blanket, and there would be enough meat as we all know they are very well fed! Just kidding, I know those guys are more pets than a food/pelt source...... unless the boot drops. I hope to be long in the ground before that happens!
Swizz, you need pheasant, goose or turkey feathers? I have 2 full turkey tails ans beards and a clutch of pheasant feathers lying around collecting dust.
Definitely enough bunnies here to make a blanket. Would be a lot of work killing, skinning, tanning the hides and preparing the meat though.
$3.50 a pelt sounds like a better plan! Have you seen how much those things go for yet? Sure are beautiful though and I bet really warm.
http://www.fursource.com/fur-blankets-c-92_43.html
A lot of work putting them together but definitely doable!
It is officially on my bucket list.
You first!
That's good stuff, the blankets that is!
They are very nice!....and a Caveman would know best.
If one was going to get their own bunnies, this is NOT the right time of year. Winter is best for that as their coats are in prime.
Here is an example of the wrong kind of coats to go for.... ..Pictures taken this morning.
I was watching an old Dirty Jobs episode on this last night. For one, tanning is disgusting! But they showed the softening process, they used to stake a long beveled edge (like a ho blade) into the ground and would drag the skin over the blade to loosen the fibers and make it more pliable. Looks like a massive pain in the wazoo!
I thought awhile ago that tanning would be a great idea, but after watching that last night, I'll leave it to the professionals! EWWWWWW!
Bet the fur blankets are darn toasty but we'll have to see about that project. Might be a possible future one but I agree, the taxidermy part is best left to the pro's. Even though we do probably have enough "on the hoof" like Caveman said. I ain't doing that many from the "hoof or paw", the $3.50 a piece is well worth it. Take a good while to put the thing together and then where would it be stored? Gads! Sure don't want to mess it up after all that work!
We thought of a couple cool "animal hide" uses to toss in the mix here too......lapidary related though.
Here's a pic of some leather we just replaced on our polish pad for the cabbing machine. Cut two for an extra replacement later, these are sheepskin, extremely soft.
Very clever!!!!
Sheepskin....
The polishing wheel with the sheepskin works great. Would really like to make a pair of moccasins from some.
Need to test out the leather thimbles yet but I'm sure they will work great.....not to mention I was in great need of another pair of fingerless gloves. Last pair was falling apart bad. Lots of memories behind those gloves but will make new ones with this new pair.
I will definitely try the conditioner out with this rabbit pelt I have Chris.
Found those feathers Chris, in a stack of boxes at the bottom. I went to pull it out from under the other boxes (8) until Dan spotted me. Guess I have to do it right and dig to the bottom.
DOH! I completely forgot about Chris's feathers! They're a bit dusty. Will they still be good if I wash the dust off with water? I also have a pheasant pelt I'll send up to you.
I don't mind the dust.... and coincidentally I was fly fishing today putting some old fur and feathers to good use!
Are you still at the return address on the box you sent me? If not, message me your address please.
Feathers?
Anybody need any as it is that time of year again where the chickens that are not laying get the block. Had some australorps and wyandottes that we kept some feathers from for fly tying. Now we have to many. Let me know would be happy to send some to anyone that could use em.
Does anyone here do hide tanning using the animal's brain (i.e. survival scenario)? It's one area of survival that I've had a few discussions on, but that's it. It's a skill I'd like to add to my survival toolbox along with a few others (like making a bow/arrows from scratch with minimal tools).
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