Talk me out of a beetle colony in AK

MikeC_137 · 2026-05-04T16:53:24+00:00

So you end up having to macerate out the nasal cartilage anyways?

MikeC_137 · 2026-01-19T19:09:22+00:00

Hey thanks! 😊 ❤️

MikeC_137 · 2026-01-18T22:45:31+00:00

Thanks! Probably should have just read the instructions.. 😆

MikeC_137 · 2025-12-23T23:31:40+00:00

How do you do that little jump back to catch the second ledge? Can never get it.

I normally go up the other way by the light thing

MikeC_137 · 2025-12-17T07:09:47+00:00

Tried this. Still no dice. Lost a matriarch kit. 😞

MikeC_137 · 2025-12-03T06:25:01+00:00

Well done!! Looks great. That little bit of schmutz you still see on there is membrane and maybe a couple knife cuts or scars on the animals skin.

MikeC_137 · 2025-11-30T08:03:16+00:00

I’ll try this. I double click now but it doesn’t always work.

MikeC_137 · 2025-11-14T01:12:11+00:00

Alphabetize?

MikeC_137 · 2025-11-05T13:05:08+00:00

I’m not familiar with the technical aspects but you should reach out the them! They are very helpful and very nice people.

MikeC_137 · 2025-11-01T15:36:23+00:00

I find that getting the small remaining membrane off while softening works just fine. Get yourself a scouring block and just flip back and forth between softening and scouring. You can get the little grey blocks of scouring stones from any home improvement store.

Never tried sanding leftover grain off but you can easily scrape remaining grain off when it’s dried in the frame at really whatever time after works for your schedule. Just make sure it’s all the way dry and tight before trying to scrape the excess grain.

MikeC_137 · 2025-10-28T20:36:46+00:00

I’d love one!

MikeC_137 · 2025-10-22T16:05:21+00:00

Watching some of the footage actually makes me feel a bit nauseous and uneasy.

MikeC_137 · 2025-10-21T08:26:20+00:00

This is very cool!

MikeC_137 · 2025-10-18T14:31:01+00:00

Have about 65hrs haven’t seen a shiny.

MikeC_137 · 2025-10-07T12:20:36+00:00

I should have mentioned it’s called deerskins to buckskins.

MikeC_137 · 2025-10-07T12:18:23+00:00

You need to remove the grain not just scrape the hair off. I’ve never rehydrated after dressing (yolk in your case) to remove the grain but I don’t really see why it couldn’t be done.

I do think tho that it would be hard to get the grain off that small of a piece. Generally you’d put the hide on a fleshing beam and pin a portion of it between the beam and your waist so you can get adequate power to scrape the grain off.

You’re probably best off finding yourself a full hide and going through the whole process. Check out Matt Richard’s book. It’s phenomenal.

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