Does anyone clean skin a beaver? I want to but just don’t have the patience. I guess I half clean skin especially around the tail. I found it’s easier for me to get the grissle off while skinning than fleshing I tend to cut to close or not enough.
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I can’t get my knife sharp enough nor have the patience. I leave half the beaver on the pelt, just get the bones out. Easier to flesh and a good supply of cat bait all through the season.
Clean skinning: From flowage to fashion: How to clean skin beaver. utube The best demo I’ve seen. Did one a few years ago took me over an hour. Might get faster with practice…
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One key is how you sharpen your knife I’ve done it a little it’s NOT for me I’m a cut slack hack and pull kinda skinner.
You gotta have a steel and the last lick on the steel you set the burr so it cuts out and away from the leather like with a fleshing knife. It made a big difference for me when I started doing it that way.
Colt
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