Beaver pelt wall hanging

[Greyhound]

I found the leather strapping at Hobby Lobby. No one give me crap for being in that store!  I found a needle that worked for the hide there as well. The leather strapping kind of screws into the end of the needle so it pulls through easy. I don’t see why vine maple wouldn’t work. Put screws in a circular pattern on a wood surface for a form if you are going to use one piece.

[Skyvalhunter]

Thats a mighty nice looking beaver you got there, lots of hair

[callturner]

For a wall hanger you could always cheat and pre stretch your bever on a beaver board, then hoop it when it's dry.

[Humptulips]

I found the leather strapping at Hobby Lobby. No one give me crap for being in that store!  I found a needle that worked for the hide there as well. The leather strapping kind of screws into the end of the needle so it pulls through easy. I don’t see why vine maple wouldn’t work. Put screws in a circular pattern on a wood surface for a form if you are going to use one piece.

I had difficulty finding a long enough piece of vine maple that was straight.

[Greyhound]

The cedar worked well. It already has a natural bend to it. Find the right branch and making the full circle wasn’t too tough.

[LDennis24]

Thats a mighty nice looking beaver you got there, lots of hair

Why didn't I ever try saying that... maybe she would have stayed?

 

But seriously, I have one like this as well only the bow goes full circle. It was given to me and I had a hole in one spot about where it's shoulders would be on top so I put a small nail through there and mounted an old wooden station clock on it. Looks cool I think. Why did they remove the tails traditionally? Just for other use like fat and oils?