I am having problems with my fleshing. I am new at taxidermy, but there has got to be a quicker way. Currently I am using a hand fleshing tool, because I cannot afford these expensive power tools. I am removing the meat, and fat from the hide, but what about that coating that is right below the meat and fat. How much of that should be removed and is there an easy way. Its taking me 5 hours of non-stop fleshing to finish.
Also my hides don't look as nice as the ones I see on the videos I have. Their hides are nice and white on the flesh side and mine turn out kind of brown and nasty looking.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Claude,
Even through you presently consider your labor free, it is not. You say you spend 5 hrs fleshing, how does 20 - 40 minutes sound, and with those great results you see on a video.
You need to at least consider a table top flesher. Gerry sells his
Quebec Lites in a price range, you can afford, but it will in fact say you enough time in your labor to pay for itself.
I use mine for both fleshing (raw cape or skin) and to thin (shave) before tanning. Best taxidermy tool in my shop. Don't know how I
survived without it.
By the way, it's a full-size blade.
Are you talking about a mini flesher, are you doing raw skin or pickled? Never used one on green skin but can do a pickled cape in 45 min.
Ronnie,
I am using the Jim Hall mammal fleshing tool and it is taking me forever.
have you looked on the for sale forum for a used fleshing machine? i just sold one for $150.00. believe me, as an amatuer myself it is well worth it. they are making them affordable now for the hobbyist.are you pickling your hide before fleshing? if it sits in a pickle bath long enough, it will turn white. e-mail me if you want