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I'm fix'in to dry a twenty year old snake skin. QUESTION???
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backwoodsguy
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I'm fix'in to dry a twenty year old snake skin. QUESTION???
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June 11, 2020, 02:02:50 pm »
Twenty or thirty years ago my hobby was snakes, not primitive bows. Someone gave me a live python (like the ones now taking over the Everglades in Florida). As near as I can remember, it was around nine feet long and had become a real liability so I dispatched it instead of letting it loose to mess up the environment. I salted it down and put it in the refrigerator until today. I've made up a salt solution to rehydrate it, then plan on rinsing the salt out after it gets soft. The question is "will it still be usable as a backing for a bow?". Any ideas???
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Hamish
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Re: I'm fix'in to dry a twenty year old snake skin. QUESTION???
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June 11, 2020, 09:35:29 pm »
Don't see why it wouldn't work. I guess you'll have to thaw it out and try it.
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PatM
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Re: I'm fix'in to dry a twenty year old snake skin. QUESTION???
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June 11, 2020, 11:23:26 pm »
I think you need to clean your fridge more often.
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Hamish
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Re: I'm fix'in to dry a twenty year old snake skin. QUESTION???
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June 12, 2020, 12:10:01 am »
Check the use by date on the snake:)
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DC
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Re: I'm fix'in to dry a twenty year old snake skin. QUESTION???
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June 12, 2020, 09:36:08 am »
You don't really say if it's just the skin or if the whole snake has been in there for twenty years
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bradsmith2010
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Re: I'm fix'in to dry a twenty year old snake skin. QUESTION???
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June 12, 2020, 09:48:35 am »
it wont be a backing,, it will only serve as decoration,, you could put it over sinew or rawhide backing,, it should be enough for several bows,,
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Pat B
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Re: I'm fix'in to dry a twenty year old snake skin. QUESTION???
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June 12, 2020, 10:02:57 am »
I would thaw it out, remove the salt with repeated soaking and rinsing then evaluate what you have. It may be just fine if not too freezer burnt.
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Re: I'm fix'in to dry a twenty year old snake skin. QUESTION???
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June 12, 2020, 11:37:21 am »
Only 20 years! Shucks, I got a cow hide been in the freezer, at least 25 years! I hope to make rawhide with it after we get moved! Good luck with the snake skin!
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