fleshing

[badnewskruse]

do you guys buy fleshing boards or do you make your own? they seem a bit spendy online so i was thinking about making my own

[redi]

You can use things like a 4 or 5  inch round fence post with a tapered end or make one out of six or 8 inch PVC pipe. There is several YouTube videos that could help you

[Norman89]

Check out coon creek outdoors on youtube he has a video on the pvc fleshing beam that I copied it works great for me

[Loup Loup]

I've been using the same beam I hacked out of a 2x6 with a hatchet 43-44 seasons ago. Seeing how its got a 2x6 base, scabbed together from the left over board, its portable. Its been to countless trapping camps in E WA, into Idaho, and Nevada. Im stalling right now as Ill put 3 beavers across it this afternoon.
I use a straight fleshing knife hence the flat beam. Ive yet to try a curved knife or beam.

[Mt.Beaver]

  You can make one following various directions mentioned.  A little trick Doug Stanley ( Hicks Creek Fur Co. )has set up outside his fur shed for doing beavers is a sheet of plywood to hang the skinned beaver hide on and then he uses a pressure washer to flesh them.  I borrowed a pressure washer this winter and it does the job. Don't try it on thinner skins or you could cut them up. Doug does a lot of skins and it saves time.

[badnewskruse]

awesome thanks for the advice! i

[Loup Loup]

Im still stalling:
Every 2nd hand store Ive ever been in has several drawknives for sale. They make excellent fleshing knives. Very good steel. Probably cost you $10-$12 though.
Be careful, be sure and pick one you like, cause they're like a mule, they'll last you the rest of your life.

[3nails]

 I think all you fleshing guys are weird.     I clean skin everything I hate it so much.

[Loup Loup]

3nails: At first blush, that sure sounds idyllic. But, then, as I look around me, I wonder, what then do you feed your dogs?

[3nails]

3nails: At first blush, that sure sounds idyllic. But, then, as I look around me, I wonder, what then do you feed your dogs?

[Loup Loup]

Ha ha!

[JakeLand]

A good post fleshing knife and a good hardwood beam makes short work of skins especially if you got a stack on the bench to do