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I did not because of the blood involved in fleshing and de-hairing the hide I was worried that I might get hit by RUclips. However, if you look at my video of "making buckskin from deer hide" at the 1 minute and 30 second mark you will see the fleshing tool that I use and the motion I use on the hide. On the flesh side of the animal it doesn't matter which direction you go, you simply want to work toward the edge of the hide and remove all of the flesh and fat from the hide. When you work on the hair side it helps to work from the neck down in the direction the hair is laying. You will need to use a great deal of pressure and the first four or six passes may not seem to do any good. But once you get to the hide you will notice a separate membrane on top of the hide itself. You will want to remove this in the process of removing the hide. You can use more pressure on the hide but notice I am using the back of the fleshing tool and not the blade side. When you get closer to the edge of the hide use less pressure so you don't accidentally punch a hole in your hide. Believe me, I have punched a few holes around the edges, especially on smaller deer that have thinner hides. Some people put the hides in potash to change the PH levels to have the hair slip easier. I do my hides without doing that. If you do use potash you have to rinse the hide in fresh water and change the water a few times in order to bring the PH level back to normal. Check out this video as he shows the scraping process fairly well, but this video doesn't show the PH level change or the hair side. The scraping process is the same motion just be sure to go with the direction the hair is laying from neck to tail. ruclips.net/video/nEcJVruXj-s/видео.html If this isn't clear enough let me know and I will try to talk you through it. Good luck with your hide.

I said at one point in removing the hide, I meant removing the hair... but you probably figured that out.

@@billeberius9736 Thank you so much! I certainly appreciate all the info. If I have anymore questions I will definitely ask . Thanks again

here is a link to the fleshing tool that I use. I highly recommend the 12" tool as my cousin bought the 8" and it didn't work as well as the 12" that I have. www.wiebeknives.com/collections/fleshing-knives

Not likely. The deer hide is not nearly as thick as cow hide. For belts I generally use a 7-9 ounce cow leather. The neck and hind quarter areas are the thickest part of the deer hide. So I suppose you might get away with taking two strips of the deer hide and glue them together to make the hide double the thickness. When I made the label for my buckskin jacket, I did exactly that and was able to carve it with leather tools and put my name and a design in it. But this wasn't going to have the wear and tear that a belt would take so I'm not sure how that would work out. I actually thought about trying it at one time, but for my belt making, I have stuck to cow leather.

If you check out my video "Man of Constant Sorrow" I describe how I made the buckskin jacket and at the 2:26 mark in the video you can see the jack label that I made from deer leather. It is two pieces of deer hide glued together and then I used leather carving tools to make the label. I also used actual deer sinew to sew it on to the jacket. Again this is just for reference if you are interested.

ruclips.net/video/rCE7sXe1Xt8/видео.html This is the link to the video I mentioned.

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Go for it! Not only is it relaxing to make, it is delicious!

Thanks for the input... I will try to remedy that in the next video.

No doubt. I see that table, I think of family!

Thanks for watching

Thanks Cuz!