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Hello I am new to the forum. I made rawhide string once with my uncle (who is a saddle maker) and he scraped the flesh side of the hide. I want to make some more string but do not have the fleshing tools and do not live close to my uncle anymore. Are there other methods?

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Matt T

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I use a carpenters draw knife over a 4x4 with the edged rounded off...soak the hide a couple days to get it nice amd soggy then flesh away...

I also have some rounded cabinet scrapers from some chinese tool store....nice for scraping in a frame...

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Jack Armstrong swears by a wire wheel on an angle grinder for fleshing a green hide. I haven't tried it yet, but his hides looked really nice. Buck

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Messy...

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He did mention a rain suit.

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With the wire wheel was it on a hand grinder? That could get messy. In a you tube video I saw a guy use his pocket knife aas the hide was stretching. I would probably nick the hide though. Thank you buck and zopi for the advice I am a few months out of actually doing it but am weighing my options :)

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Tyvek coverall...

i am going to flesh a cowhide in a day or two...gonna try this..

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Just fleshed a cowhide with a 4 inch angle grinder...w9rked ok...probably be better if I did that with it drier...but it does not fit my process to do it that way...I am not fram8ng a hide twice...

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Took the plunge today. I used zopi69's idea & went with tyvex. I am pleased with the results. Took about 40 minutes, all the fat & meat were off. I went back over it about 3 hours later & the remaining membrane turned to fuzz, but didn't come off. I'll hit it again after it dries some more & see if that will come off. Finished results in next post as it wouldn't let me download them.

1- The tool

2- The victim

3- The fool with the tool

4-- Didn't have Tyvex for my helpers

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