Pictures of Deer Skin Before and After Fleshing

[darkbloodwyvern]

Does anyone have any pics or links where I can see a fresh skinned then defleshed skin?

 I am going to try to start some tanning work, but I have very little idea what the processes should look like!  I have some squirrels and deer feet i want to practice a few different types of chemicals on and see which i like best. 
  thanks in advance for advice!

[Nina]

I have a buck cape to flesh tomorrow, I'll snap a few pics of before and after.

[Lisa M]

Here's one thread that might help you too...it's turning eyes, ears, lips etc.  The tutorial part begins on the 2nd page.  Glen Conley really pitched in big time.  Mostly just remember to get as much of the meat & membranes off as you can.  With feet you won't have to turn eyes etc, but the pics show good examples anyway.

Nina's pics will help too Dark.  Good luck & have fun!


http://www.taxidermy.net/forum/index.php/topic,11042.0.html

[Nina]

Here are the pics. Hope this helps.

Before





Splitting the eye lids, and fleshing around them



here is a picture of the hide in the middle of fleshing.



finished and ready to go into the Krowtann

[DevinCamPA]

wow nina...what do you use to flesh? that looks perfect

[Nina]

I do all the facial fleshing by hand with a Havel's #22 scalpel blade, and everything else on my Dakota 5 fleshing machine.

[oldterryr]

nice pics nina

[Bighunter4x4]

Nice pictures Nina.  Thank You.  Have you always had the Dakota 5 or was that an upgrade? 

[ElkinsTaxidermy]

Good job again Nina!

[George Roof]

Nina, the pictures speak for themselves but the work is simply great.  That's an excellent fleshing job.

[Nina]

Thanks for the compliments everyone. Bighunter, I got the Dakota 5 about two years ago. It is my first and only fleshing machine. I want to uprgrade to the Dakota Pro when I get some extra money.

[3 and 0 Outdoors]

Great pics and a great job Nina.  I got to get a dakota pro.

[Adam Wright]

looks a lot better than my mini-flesher lol, probably took half the time too

[BMan40]

wow those pics definitely raise the bar on fleshing...... Note to self to NEVER post pics of fleshed capes.......

I cannot imagine how long it took to get it that clean?
Please tell me that was not a 30 minute job.......

[Bobbi Meyer]

I tried once or twice to use my fleshing machine for raw capes but it reminded me too much of when I had to clean the meat department at Kroger...GROSS...too hard to clean that raw stuff out of the machine for me. BUT...if you treat the hide with the Stop Rot about an hour before you flesh, it works pretty good, and doesn't seem to gum up as much.