Snake Skin tanning

[Chief Filipino]

Very nice!

 

[koreric75]

On 12/22/2018 at 8:46 PM, Chief Filipino said:

Very nice!

 

Salamat po, Chief!  I was stressing on this one as it had a personal touch, turns out my buddy gave me his boy's "levi's" size for the waist vs actual waist size so it came up a few inches too short...I'm going to try a buckle extender for the first time ever now as well...lol.

[Chief Filipino]

On 12/24/2018 at 8:50 AM, koreric75 said:

Salamat po, Chief!  I was stressing on this one as it had a personal touch, turns out my buddy gave me his boy's "levi's" size for the waist vs actual waist size so it came up a few inches too short...I'm going to try a buckle extender for the first time ever now as well...lol.

Walang anuman! I hate it when things don't fit due to a measurement error (I've done it and a customer has done it too) sigh... at least it came out though! 

[Rolandranch]

I get a lot of rattlers on my property. I got 35-40 last year... I took over the outside freezer until mom told me to tan every hide in there... I ended up spending all day tanning 74 rattlers and 5 coyotes. I use the skins in my leather work and my brother makes pens out of them.

[Chief Filipino]

On 12/31/2018 at 8:53 PM, Rolandranch said:

I get a lot of rattlers on my property. I got 35-40 last year... I took over the outside freezer until mom told me to tan every hide in there... I ended up spending all day tanning 74 rattlers and 5 coyotes. I use the skins in my leather work and my brother makes pens out of them.

Are you interested in selling some? 

[Rolandranch]

18 hours ago, Chief Filipino said:

Are you interested in selling some? 

Not sure yet but if I decide to I'll post them on the forum. 

[koreric75]

1 hour ago, Rolandranch said:

Not sure yet but if I decide to I'll post them on the forum. 

[Chief Filipino]

On 1/4/2019 at 9:09 AM, Rolandranch said:

Not sure yet but if I decide to I'll post them on the forum. 

Sounds good! I'll tan them myself too if you want to sell them for a lesser price. 

[Maroonbulldog]

Totally worthless add to this conversation but my mom used to make snakeskin belts when I was growing up and one she made formme when I was around 10 is one of my treasures now that she is gone.

 

Because of her her interest in leatherworking, I’ve taken up the practice and while I’m learning- enjoying every bit of it.   Seeing the snakeskin conversations and looking at the pics of those snakes being hung up to dry brings back a lot of great memories- 

 

sorry to not add anything useful for you guys - but this  is  a happy thread for me.  

[Rockoboy]

1 minute ago, Maroonbulldog said:

Totally worthless add to this conversation

Pffft! Not totally worthless IMHO! Your memories brought a tear to my eye, when I remembered my Grandad showing me some things about 40years ago, that he did with leather.

If you haven't been welcomed aboard already, Welcome aboard.

[Maroonbulldog]

Thank you for the welcome.  I’m  still crawling and trying to get up to speed-  this board is helping me for sure.     

Ive been back at it  long enough, and remember just enough that I was able  to teach a Leatherwork Merit Badge to some of my Scouts last weekend.      I think I may have interested a few of those boys enough that a few may actually pursue it as a hobby.    (The  requirements were very basic).  

 

 

Again. Thanks for having me. 

[Rockoboy]

13 hours ago, Maroonbulldog said:

I may have interested a few of those boys enough that a few may actually pursue it as a hobby

Well done. I think very little is as precious as the memories a person builds in their youth.

[ScoobyNewbie]

Many people come into the store and say, ‘My Dad/Grampa/Uncle/Scoutmaster/ Gramma/ teacher showed me how to do this when I was a kid and I’m really interested in learning more.” It’s always accompanied by a beautiful smile.