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Old 09-10-2022, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Camdec View Post
The thinning is my biggest issue. I’ve dry scraped for thinning and don’t really have the patience and physical stamina to do the ideal job. Try and stick to calf moose helps. Some of that hump hide on a 3 year + bull is 3/4 inch thick. That’s a lot of scraping to get to a thickness that it softens to a useable hide.
Just out of curiosity, is there anything similar to a hand held electric wood planer or something that can be adapted, for doing the thinning/scraping on a moose hide.
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