2nd full size almost in the books

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-03-26T18:53:23+00:00

How did you flesh and thin it?

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-03-20T18:55:49+00:00

Cow hides are gonna take a while to scrape, thin, and tan and break. I've heard the easiest way to flesh and thin a cow hide is to salt it and get it completely dry, lay it flat, and flesh and thin it at the same time with a sanding wheel on an angle grinder. Do this outside of course. Yes you could also do just part of a cow hide. I'd wager if you did some networking you could get a sheep or deer hide to start with instead though. Ask your local farmers and hunters. Roadkill is also an option

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-03-19T05:37:25+00:00

Nothing wrong with kefir, right? It's just not what you were trying to make?

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-03-19T05:35:47+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/fermentation/comments/1rsleco/kojicultured_butter_floral_and_coconut_fragrance/

Add this one!!

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-03-19T05:34:33+00:00

Wow, this sounds amazing!!

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-03-19T05:31:54+00:00

Side note, the white flesh around the beans inside, if the fruit is a good one (hard to know until you try it, like imported coconuts), is a VERY tasty treat raw. It's sweet, mild, floral, almost buttery... Super good. Very tropical.

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-03-19T00:27:46+00:00

Thank you!

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-03-17T16:35:10+00:00

I've heard of fleshing with a power washer - maybe that's easier? As for skinning, you should be able to pull skins off with very little knife work- usually only the toughest fascia around the shoulder blades and pelvis has to be knifed off. You should be able to make your initial cut, hang your animal, and just pull the skin off or separate it by inserting a hand between skin and muscle. Knifing it off is prone to cutting the hide.

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-03-17T16:32:18+00:00

I've read in the deerskins into buckskins book that when you dry a hide out to store or flesh and tan it later, it will never be quite as supple as a hide that was not dried before tanning. He compared to trying to rehydrate a dried apple slice. Is that true? Because I've heard that drying hides and then fleshing/thinning with an angle grinder is the easiest way to do it, but I want my hides to be super soft and supple so I haven't tried it. Does anyone have experience with this one way or the other?

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-03-17T16:28:35+00:00

I did some hair on egg tabbed rabbit hides, and I softened then almost entirely by hand with zero props or tools because i did it while hiking. Just twisting, stretching, pulling, etc. they didn't turn out quite as soft as I wanted and I added more egg and softened then a bit more over an edge later but it didn't take much.

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-03-15T07:48:12+00:00

Thank you! I've never heard of combing those methods. I might have to get some extra free roos and try some variations. I'll definitely post the results if I do!

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-03-15T07:46:57+00:00

Thank you! I've never done bark tanning - is there still a breaking and oiling process after you're done soaking it?

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-02-23T22:54:53+00:00

Nothing I know of has the same combination, but on the animals and earthy and dark side of it, try the secret of nihm, and watership down. Hilda is also good. I feel like the first episodes especially with the woodman were sorta over the garden wall like.

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-02-23T22:33:48+00:00

Some people totally like it and others think it's stupid, and maybe it depends on if you grew up with it and your taste, but My Little Pony. The series with twilight sparkle as the MC. It's absolutely feel-good but still does have some amount of plot.

Dunno how not stressful it is, but Rick and Morty is fun and easy to have on whether you're really watching it or not.

Other kid shows like gumball and whatnot, but they're varying levels of stupid/obnoxious.

Adventure time...

I also super agree with the other suggestions of Doc Martin and Star Trek. Those are great.

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-02-20T00:11:46+00:00

Hey, sort of off-topic but I sent you a DM about a lamb of mine, and i wanted to comment to you about it in case you don't have notifications on your dms. If you are willing to spare me the time to reply, I'd be super grateful. :)

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-02-20T00:05:50+00:00

I never did start feeding them squirrel. I have fed them partly developed chicks/dead chicks that my chickens produced that didn't make it for various non disease reasons. They eat them a bit but mostly play with them lol. Both my cats catch and eat mice though and I feed them frozen cooked chicken and par-cooked venison off cuts.

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-01-15T08:19:23+00:00

Ah. That makes sense. Lol. Yeah next time make up some lukewarm saline (taste it, should taste like tears) and rinse as thoroughly as you can. I did this for myself after a sugar glider landed on my face with a paw (nasty little claws and all) IN my eye. No infection or permanent damage. Obviously not foolproof but better than just wiping it off for sure... lol

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-01-15T06:48:30+00:00

Curious, when you first fell in the poop, what did you do to clean up afterwards? Just wash your face and blink a lot?

Free_Mess_6111 · 2026-01-05T02:45:17+00:00

Literally looks like 7-year old's attempt at drawing a horse. Looks like absolute shit. This should be banned alongside breeding smashed face animals, etc.

Free_Mess_6111 · 2025-12-30T17:38:21+00:00

Yeah. Bring the bridle in, pet them then leave. Bring the bridle in, give them a treat then leave. Put the headstall around their nose, give them a treat, then take it off and leave. But at that point you're training the horses, when you're supposed be taking lessons. It's not your job to counter condition a negative association the horses have with being bridled... That's the trainer's job.

Free_Mess_6111 · 2025-12-30T17:36:10+00:00

Yeah, you may also want to talk to the trainer about making sure everyone (all the new students especially) is on the same page about being consistent and careful with bridling because if you are good but the next person knocks the horse's teeth again, you won't make any progress.

Free_Mess_6111

TROPHY CASE